Checkmate! SITE: 10000000000000000 Wallinger’s SITE: 10000000000000000 consists of thousands of differently shaped stones placed individually on the black and white squares (65,536 in specific). These are placed on an extended chessboard that extends to the main floor area of the room in which they’re exhibited. Though the artwork is quite self-explanatory in its appearance beingContinue reading “Mark Wallinger Checkmate! Analysis”
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Philippe Soussan Analysis: Are we decieved by reality?
Shirt and Chair: Soussan is able to bend our perception of reality. He does this by deceiving the viewer with materials. Although the viewer may know what they are looking at at the first glimpse, they are proven wrong by the collaboration between ready-made objects and paper photographs/drawings. He replaces familiarity with a sense ofContinue reading “Philippe Soussan Analysis: Are we decieved by reality?”
My notes from Christopher Bucklow’s Essay – ‘The Lens Within the Heart: Bacon’s Memory Theatre’
Francis Bacon’s work challenged everything I initially knew about art. Art to many is dominated by the creations of the ‘masters’ and is thought to be strictly a fine art practice of achieving beauty and perfection used for economic benefit. However, when examined closely, art is a manifestation of our entire existence- a manifestation ofContinue reading “My notes from Christopher Bucklow’s Essay – ‘The Lens Within the Heart: Bacon’s Memory Theatre’”
An ongoing stream of thoughts from artists and critics that resonate with me
“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.” – Susan Sontag “For within the sacred quadrangle of the painting or video or photograph, or indeed gallery space,Continue reading “An ongoing stream of thoughts from artists and critics that resonate with me”
The Pre-Raphaelite Sisters at the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelite Sisters pushes the focus that has for decades been dominated by the men of the brotherhood and of the movement to the more obvious and pressing matter of the story behind the sitter: the women. What many have overlooked and failed to see is that although muchContinue reading “The Pre-Raphaelite Sisters at the National Portrait Gallery”
Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/rediscover-sensing-spaces-exhibition “To hear a sound is to see a space” From a young age I’ve always been frightened of caves. The thought of entering a large, dark and rocky space terrifies me. Although I’ve questioned and criticised these rather odd feelings, I’ve come to terms that these odd feelings are actually something to embrace. The Royal Academy’s exhibition ‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined’ epitomises this idea. It intends toContinue reading “Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined”
Lucian Freud – The self portraits exhibition in the Royal Academy of Arts
Lucian Freud – The self portraits exhibition in the Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition dates : 27 October 2019- 26 January 2020 Lucian Freud can be seen as one of the foremost 20th century portraitists who is known for his figurative style that evolved through his years of practice . He is the grandson ofContinue reading “Lucian Freud – The self portraits exhibition in the Royal Academy of Arts ”
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