Movement in Photography.

As i was originally working from photographs, I would like to continue with this process. And from looking at the previous artists I would really like to return to thinking about movement which I have previously thought about in my work. The easiest way for me to think of successfully, however absractly showing movement through my photography is to use lights. Therefore I am going to continue my work basing it upon these images...

Brice Marden

Brice Marden's often monochrome pieces evoke ideas of movement and this leads me to think about how the work has been made. Movement in works and painting such as this really interest me. I would like to be able to evoke this sensation through my work. It seems free and flowing, impulsive and natural, all of which for me create works that draw in the viewer and create a somewhat mesmerizing reaction similar to the works of Jackson Pollock for example.

Franz Kline

I really like the strong contrasts in franz Kline's work and the harsh, bold lines and movements.

Anselm Kiefer

Kiefers work creates layers and textures so well, therefore his work is often an influence to me. I like how raw and rough his pieces are. The images in the pieces become less obvious due to the layers and scratching. This idea really interests me.

Dj Simpson

Dj simpsons work is made using 3D substances like glass and wood where he uses a router to draw into it, creating a layered image which draws in viewers. The lines feel random and impulsive, however I feel when put together with other similar pieces they seem to become very effective.

His pieces add a new dinamic to drawing and i want to think about this within my own work. Adding another dimension to an image.

End of Last Term.

When it came to assessments at the end of the last semester I had worked myself up to a new way of working, in 3D, and through this realized I had lost the direction that my work had originally had. Even though I was enjoying a new way of creating work the original qualities I wanted for my work had pretty muh disintegrated. The idea I originally had, personally imprinting on my one-off disposable camera imagery, became confused and lost in my head. I no longer felt my work had any purpose. So for this term I have began by taking a step back and looking at the work I did make, questionning whether it actually does say something that I wanted it to.
For these pieces I was printing an image taken with a disposable camera onto wood and then carving into it use different types of chisels. I was carving with and away from the image and I think this is where I became confused, I stopped thinking about where and what I was carving. I wanted the pieces to break down a material image to the eye- for peoples interpretations of an image to change. After, I began to think about why my work needed these 3D layers and researching artists that use similar techniques in their work.