Over the Contextual and Professional Studies module I have seen a narrative occurring of what interests me within fine art and what is going to inform my artist practice going forward. I now know I’m more interested in contemporary art and within that how it has developed from historical art and the nature of that …
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Artist talk
Catriona Leahy: Aesthetics of disappearance What resonated with me about Catriona Leahy work was the photography practises used within her work and the further process of how she uses print to display her work. The Albatross Factory building once would have been a symbolic representation of economic and industrial growth in the south on Ireland. …
Week 11 future careers and opportunities
Lecture: future careers and opportunities: Thinking ahead, what kinds of jobs would you like to do, or at least investigate? Please choose something related to art and the cultural industries. Choose a future career you would like to do and research into how you could pursue it. When I think about future …
week 10 : Your practice in context
The contemporary artist that has influenced my work is Banksy his use of stencils changed the way stencils used which is something I use within my own work. Banksy himself reworks Historic artists work, such as Monet’s ‘Truth of nature’ painted in 1899. Which Banksy titled ‘Show Me The Monet’ which was estimated the sell …
Week 9
Lecture: Documenting and writing about your own practice You will have to document and write about your practice the whole way through your degree, we will discuss the how’s and what’s to do Write a short statement about your work and take a professional quality image of your work. My artist practise …
Art History Titles
Prehistoric Art (~40,000–4,000 B.C.) The origins of art history can be traced back to the Prehistoric era, before written records were kept. The earliest artifacts come from the Paleolithic era, or the Old Stone Age, in the form of rock carvings, engravings, pictorial imagery, sculptures, and stone arrangements. Art from this period relied on the …
Week 8 Making and Materials
Spray paint The sword for the artist who paints at knight. Krylon was the first commercially available spray paint. First introduced in 1947 by Foster & Kester. Krylon spray paint was a go-to type of spray paint for graffiti artist in the 1970s. Martha Cooper is known for her photography documenting hip hop culture as …
CPS Week 7 Context: Inside of Art
Art in the street Street art, graffiti, vandalism. Whatever you want to call the art that appears in the streets it’s here to stay. Contemporary graffiti was born as a strong part of hip hop culture in 1970’s new york. Deprived communities creating art against all odds. Graffiti being illegal at the time gave this …
CPS week 6 Context: Outside of Art
Poverty in the North S L Lowey was an artist whose work I was brought up looking at. His work was something I never really thought twice about when I was younger. My Nan uses to go to a Saturday morning art class in Salford where he would be painting. I was told as a …
Week 4 Looking/seeing art: appreciation and analysis
HOW TO ANALYSE AN ART WORK. An analysis is looking at all of the different components of the art work, considering what they mean, how the artists used them, and/or what the artists intention is and what the viewers response would be. This also requires putting the artwork in context, understanding what ideas or artists …
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