Images of my mono prints from phase I

William Kentridge Show

This show was really amazing. As far as shows that mass art has been able to host this is really one of the best I've seen. I was particularly fascinated by the animations. The sounds and music of the animations worked amazingly with his animated drawings, and at the same time filled the rest of the gallery with sound, which I found very interesting and effective. The way he organized the short films was somewhat nonsensical but also linear. The stories were really sort of vague, but I love the things that unfolded and the way the drawing progressed and changed.

phase II

Instead of exploring a non-western art medium, I am planning on continuing my theme and ideas with one of a few of the following things:

-making much larger prints, which will be of better quality than the first. (I am meeting with a printmaking major this week and getting a tutorial and tips on monoprints)
-photograph my pieces (either monoprints or sculptures or both) in a convincing setting with lighting. (perhaps a warehouse, or basement, or dark room where I can control the setting/lighting.)
-exploring woodcuts, or other forms of printmaking (something where I could make multiples instead of monoprints)

More Artists I'm looking at....

Joel Peter Witkin
Stephen De Steabler
Ann Hamilton
Grunewald
Bruegel
Giacometti

Phase 1

For phase 1 for this class I explored Printmaking, specifically mono prints, as my material exploration. I made a great deal of prints, small scale. I enjoyed the process alot, and there were parts of it that were similar to sculpture. The process of working in an additive and subtractive way and being able to move and shift things and having a lot of working time all reminded me of my process for sculptures. I worked with the theme of the body, skeletons, and of bridging horror and beauty. I find horror to be one of those things all humans are intrgiued by. In the sort of way where you just cant turn away as much as you want to. I also find it very interesting trying to create environments and convincing spaces were a feeling of horror comes across easily. This was somewhat challenging in the medium I was working in, and for the next phase I plan to restructure my ideas, and my medium, but still work in the 2D relm.