This page has my brief working notes summarising the parts of my artist research which I found most interesting and plan to use in my project MOMENTUM. These themes make more sense once the artist research has been read. Additionally, they are elaborated upon in my sketchbook and the annotations alongside my creative responses.
Why I included exhibition reviews and an in depth analysis:
I included the exhibition reviews on the Japanese pavilion and the Death of James Lee Byars because those exhibitions confirmed to me that the art I enjoy the most involves music compositions. They were the very beginning of my project, though the subsequent research I conducted on the other artists has surpassed the themes they touch upon, for example the minimalist characteristics of their respective audios led to my researching minimalist composer John Cage and then Brian Eno. Having researched Mesiti, Eno, Scully, Cage and Hockney at this time of writing, I feel that researching more artists (or the exhibitions in more depth) would have slowed the progress of making my own art. Nevertheless, they play a small role in beginning the process of my project.
I included my analysis of Mesiti's Assembly because it was the work that really started my whole project, and Mesiti was the first artist I researched for this module. The in depth analysis is not strictly necessary for the practical art module, but I have posted it for my own satisfaction to have the project and its individual influences together.
Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2019 (exhibition review)
The result of an artist, architect, composer and anthropologist -a multifaceted work, immersive experience, and minimalist music.
The Death of James Lee Byars: Zad Moultaka in Dialogue, Venice Biennale 2019 (exhibition review)
Visual spectacle, sculpture with an audio accompaniment of minimalist characteristics.
Angelica Mesiti:
Notions of communication (eg. The Calling)
Translating art forms into a unified work (eg. Assembly -translating a poem into music into dance into film)
Themes of daily life (Seen in numerous works including Citizens Band, The Calling, and Prepared Piano for Movers)
John Cage
Duration over pitch.
Appreciating noise of daily life,
Chance -the sounds from environment
Composer's input -taking away emotional expression of the composer
Minimalism
Sean Scully
Universal language
Surface of the paintings show labour
Evolution of one person
Colour palette has emotional significance to the artist
Listens to Agnes Obel as he works
Landlines horizontal strokes and layers analogous to our own life journey
Abstract figuration of the Madonna Triptych
Brian Eno
Ambience, methods of production (using sound recordings and effects)
Creating an alternate reality/ incorporating the environment in the sound
Music becomes real to him when he can imagine the place, colours, temperature
Oblique Strategies and chance
David Hockney
Medium of digital drawings, and paints in oil and acrylic
Portraits of family and friends
Spontaneity captured in the 82 portraits and 1 Still-life (each done over 3 days with no primary sketches or reworking)
A Bigger Picture -many canvases coming together to form one unified painting
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