MA 1 Visual Enquiry

Blackboard diagram of 'finishedness' by Bob,Brigitte, Jo, Sally & Susan I (M+C)*(N-VR)-C=F Intention, materials and construction, narrative and view/reflect minus changes = Finishedness For me intention, material and construction are tightly linked. Narrative is something I need to engage with making. View/Reflect is something I do but don't...

Mondrian - Dam & Ocean 1915. All memory of the original subject matter is lost. Miro - Labyrinth 1923. A walk through the mind and imagination. Lithograph using blue, symbolic language. Picasso - Minotauromachy 1935. Full of symbolic content and produced during a period of turmoil in...

The soldier artists that walk ahead of the army. An army with manifestos, social commentary, crossing boundaries, radical subject matter, re-framing compositions and destruction as a weapon. Anti-object, egalitarian and crudely made, never elitist. Unscripted, ad-hoc 'happenings' involving the audience. Activities performed to music, blurring the...

These photos were taken of crumpled wax papers back lit using a red light. in my call with Sally I sought her help and feedback as I was feeling rather lost with the framing. These images excited me, they captured the notion of nerves under...