TASK 5/6: Artist Research
TASK 5
ARTIST 1: Ball Nogues Studio
Yucca Crater | 2011
Exploring intersections between contemporary art and life at large
Open sense of volume - structure resembling a basin
Outward movement/projection - gradual
Land art exploring abandoned suburban swimming pools
Recycled materials used previously by design-group
Site specific - message is enhanced due to selection of site
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ARTIST 2: John Lautner
Walstrom House | 1969
Directional movement through positioning of wooden floorboards and external panelling
Asymmetrical structure - balance is found in the diagonals
Structurally sound
Site-dependent - wooden house was built into the side of a hill
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TASK 6
ARTIST 1: TAAT
Foundation built from a repetition of materials
Vertical arrangement forms an overlapping series of shapes
Naturally charged composition -> raw wooden elements of wine
ARTIST 2: Henrique Oliveria
Baitogogo
Twisted engagement and movement
Impression of organic growth]
Centred weight
Large scale
Chaotic weight
ARTIST 3 (Non-Contemporary): Antoni Gaudi
La Sagrada Familia
Casa Mila
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Reagan the Soulful and the scorning of Sydney the Stormy
A long time ago, Reagan lived in a small house near a lonely intersection in the province Finland. Reagan lived with Emery the Blunt, Sedate Milan, Ambitious Jordan, Restless Jaffar, Artistic Alexis, Skylar the Candid, Resentful PeeWee Herman, and Angel the Artistic. Phoenix the Mild, Lyric the Conscientious, Respectful Justice, Insensitive Skylar, Attentive Skyler, Excellent Jaffar, Beautiful Jaylin, Baitogogo the Ugly, and Emerson the Clumsy were friends of Reagan. A lonely intersection played host to a stormy individual, Sydney the Stormy. Sydney attempted to deceive victim. Reagan unwittingly helped Sydney the Stormy. Sydney threatened to marry Jordan. Jaffar, a friend of Reagan, needed money or means of existence. Times were tough. "Ugh. Its Sydney the Stormy" muttered Reagan the Soulful. "Well, look who this is: Reagan the Soulful" muttered Sydney the Stormy. "Well, you certainly are infernal," exclaimed Reagan the Soulful. "Yes, I am," conceded Sydney the Stormy. "But it's been said that I'm also stormy!" "Don't go bragging like that!" says Reagan the Soulful And they set to work fighting; the dust flew like anything. They'd have gone on fighting ever so much longer, only the cocks began to crow. And Sydney the Stormy was hung, drawn, and quartered by Reagan the Soulful. Reagan the Soulful cut her into small pieces, which were buried throughout the woods. Reagan the Soulful set out for her small house. So she went and had a goodish drink, and then started in search of a lonely intersection.
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Assessment 2: Independent Project
Lydia Kann Nettler’s forests of paperZ6 is my chosen site
I will use this particular area for the art installation, as well as the platform up the staircase.
This place has high ceiling, which provides an opportunity to exploit it for the installation. Plus, this space lacks of life, you could say it is very dead.
The main thing that I liked is the glass wall that separates the place which makes it look like one area.
This is the second area which I am going to use for the installation .
I am thinking to connect these two areas by creating more than one form that are relate to each other.
Week 8
artist research
Artist Crystal Wagner
This piece creates an unusual juxtaposition of an unwieldy organic growth against the backdrop of a 100-year-old art nouveau facade. Wagner is known for her large-scale mixed-media installations using a variety of materials like braided nylon, wire mesh, and cable ties that create colorful forms affixed to buildings or suspended from galleries.
This could be a good inspiration for the exterior wall next to platform up to the stair case.
kathleen ryan creates moldy fruit sculptures from semi-precious gemstones
Artist Kathleen Ryan creates a conversation between the beautiful and the grotesque in her oversized sculptures of mold-covered fruit. The New York-based artist uses precious and semi-precious stones like malachite, opal, and smoky quartz to form the simulacrum of common green rot on each fruit. Working at a larger-than-life scale, Ryan creates a foam base, rudimentarily painted to map out the fresh and rotten areas on the surface. She then individually places each gemstone, with varied shapes, sizes, and colors that emulate the shift from desirable to disgusting. Lemons are a particular favorite, but Ryan also works with oranges and pears, with each work scaling 6 to 29 inches. “The sculptures are beautiful and pleasurable, but there’s an ugliness and unease that comes with them,” Ryan told The New York Times.
I really like the creative method that artist use to show the rottenness.
the artist name: pascale marthine tayou
ree branches of various distances and dimensions grow horizontally from the surface, inverting the usual experience and traditional relationship we have with trees. rather than leaves, the bark bears brightly colored plastic bags on its edges, crudely tied to each organic limb. while the work stands as a visual symbol of the harmful effects of pollution and consumerism on the environment, ‘plastic tree’ is also an investigation towards the artistic qualities of plastic as a medium, and its incorporation with natural materials.
I like the organic movements, the colour and the use of recycled materials.
Artist Henrique Oliveira has created an amazing piece of work that is so realistic, it looks as though it is taking over the building. The piece in entitled Baitogogo, and resembles the look of an over-grown forest. The installation is made on top of the supports that hold up the building, and it looks as though all the beams have begun to grow into each other. People have been referring to the piece as anthropomorphic, and that is a good description because the limbs have realistic qualities that seem as though it is growing all on its own.
also here interesting organic movement from different directions.
Kathleen Ryan is my research exampler
los Angeles based sculptor Kathleen Ryan plays with weight and time in her Grecian-inspired sculptures.
Ryan’s work started gaining attention following her debut show at London’s Josh Lilley in 2016. Here, she exhibited her signature mammoth sized grapes, which hang heavy as lead from their plinths. The grapes are bound together with heavy concrete shackles giving her work a political element.
Through her innovative handling of form, Ryan appears to usurp gravity, making dense and heavy materials seem weightless.
I like the form, colours, materials and the how the artworks exhibit the space.
This heritage fig tree in botanic garden, was my inspiration for the art installation.
It has beautiful and unique growth. I like the way of branching small branches on the big branch and what I like more or what attracted my eyes is the accumulation of fruit in some parts.
The eggshell was the beginning, it is has similar qualities to the image in my mind, the features of the eggshell, like the balance, different/contrasting colours, and thickness, were all part of the inspiration for the bowls.
A way to describe this is that someone would feel protected if they were in it.
This is the process of mimicking the egg shell by using clay
Process of colouring the clay outer shell with white and gold on the inside.
I chose to use metallic paint because of the way it reflects light, this adds depth, and reflection.
Experimenting using chicken mesh
I was not satisfied with the results of the chicken mesh, it doesn't reflect what I imagined in my mind.
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Lydia Kann Nettler’s forests of paper
Lydia Kann Nettler creates environments made of paper and paper products. Her site-specific installations of sculptural and charcoal-drawn forest scenes include collaged prose that explores the impact of being the child of a Holocaust survivor, single parenthood, mental illness, and poverty.
one example of artist installation who used paper mache for his work. so I am more excited to try this mothed.
Experimenting using paper Mache method
The materials I needed were:
Flour
Water
Newspaper
Balloon
I did the first few steps, I mixed in the water with the flour, set up the balloon and newspaper all ready for the paper Mache process.
Here, i've made one balloon fully covered and one covered only half way.
The process of this project was very long, it took a while getting the balloons covered, but it took a day process for the paper Mache to dry.
This bowl was dropped, however I loved the turn out, it makes it more unique, balanced, and tight. It also shows how thin the paper Mache became.
The curved shape of this bowl, incorporates shadows, and depth.
These two bowls are from the fully covered balloon, I cut it in half to create two separate pieces.
This full balloon didn't have thin layer like the half balloon, this might be due to too many layers of newspaper. I was not satisfied with this, as I wanted it to be thinner, however I loved the shape, depth, balance, and shadow (around it and inside it).
The effect of the metallic and curved shape both work together well, because having the metallic on the inside not only creates reflection of the light, but also creates depth, making it look deeper. It is like a magical ray of light inside of the bowl.
While waiting the other balloon to dry I try using anther type of papers.
Experimenting using normal white paper and very thin kind of fabric
Same process as the newspaper, however it was an easier, and cleaner method. Comparing the flour mix to the craft paste mix, the craft paste was a much cleaner liquid to use.
It was hard to deal with the fabric, because it wasn't gripping onto the balloon, and it wasn't in a nice round oval shape. This might've been because of the large pieces, so I took it off and cut the fabric into smaller, more flexible pieces.
This was the result.
This method wasn't very durable, or successful, this might've been because the strength of the fabric is weaker than the strength of the paper.
When paper mache dried the balloon popped.
It is smoother than the flour method.
I like the unique shape the paper had. However, the balloon stuck to it, and it was hard to remove.
This normal bowl shape did not have the same effect as the curved one, the metallic paint reflects of the light, but I would use both in the art installation.
I used photoshop to experiment with the final result, on the long cement column I had the small clay bowls stuck on for more colour and life in this area, you also see in the other platform, the large curved shaped bowl. But I don't have anything in mind yet for the wall.
placed two curved bowls on the platform, One of them was large in scale, while the other fits human body, to make it cozy, and closed in.
The last experiment
The differences in this experiment are
less layers of paper
using the craft mix
The result when they dried
Smoother and Thinner which is what i am aiming for.
back to my inspiration (fig tree branch) I think adding branch-like curved rounded lines(branches) that seems coming out from the column (tree trunk) and attached to the next wall is a good idea to get benefit from the existing elements in the space.
I really like this because it is more integrated with the space and there is clear visual harmony and balance.
I made sketch up model for the area where my installation will be.
this photo shows the exterior part of the installation. I described the work in detail in the written rational.
this photo shows the interior part of the installation. in this one I tried to add extra colour to the gold which is metallic fuchsia colour but I add it in small portion just to add more excitement to installation
I think it will be good idea to add different colour from time to time to make the art installation more joyful.
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