Photography Artist Research: Portrait task

Francesca Woodman: Francesca Woodman was an American photographer known for her black-and-white self portraits. Unfortunately, her career ended when she was 22 due to her death, however, she had produced over 800 untitled prints. Influenced by surrealism and conceptual art, her work often portrayed recurring symbolic motifs such as mirrors, birds and skulls.   Woodman…Continue Reading Photography Artist Research: Portrait task

AAD011: COOMUNICATION : week 4 : my logo design

For this task, we were asked to create a logo design for our own company, whilst considering what we wanted to communicate through our design. I decided to create a logo for a lipstick company, and wanted to name the company “Silk” to represent high quality, silky lipstick products.   When designing the product, I…Continue Reading AAD011: COOMUNICATION : week 4 : my logo design

AAD011: COMMUNICATION: week 4

‘A work of art aims to communicate the ideas of the person who created it whereas in commercial activity the ideas need to be communicated on behalf of someone else: a client.’[1] I wanted to consider this concept when researching the theme communication. How can we communicate in a commercial environment? Thus, I decided to…Continue Reading AAD011: COMMUNICATION: week 4

AAD011: INNOVATION & PROVOCATION: week 3

Innovation is typically described as the formation of knowledge into a new device, method, or idea[1]. For fine Art, I could not help but immediately consider the innovation from traditional art to modern abstract, and the provocation that is interlinked throughout. There is much debate on who first experimented with abstract art, yet one of…Continue Reading AAD011: INNOVATION & PROVOCATION: week 3

Photography: myself in objects & research

Objects reflecting who I am: Photography Research: André Kertész André Kertész  was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his ground breaking contributions to photographic composition. Kertész pursued photography independently and his early work was published primarily in magazines which was a major market in the 1900s when he worked.     A piece that I found…Continue Reading Photography: myself in objects & research

FINE ART: Charcoal & ink studies

Photo Collages: Charcoal Studies: I began by experimenting with a still life subject, focusing on how I can use artistic manipulation to transform a normal still life piece to something with interest and excitement. I enjoyed using various mark making techniques, such as using an eraser to create energetic lines, and worked on capturing tone…Continue Reading FINE ART: Charcoal & ink studies

AAD011: IDENTITY: Week 2

Identity:     When considering identity, I became fascinated with Picasso’s developing self-portraits. Identity is always evolving, and in this work, we can see the artists’ shifting self-perception and artistic style. This piece was completed in July 1972 when Picasso was 90 years old[1]. When looking back at his earlier portrait pieces, for example from…Continue Reading AAD011: IDENTITY: Week 2

AAD011: SUSTAINABILITY: Week 1

Sustainability When researching sustainability, I came across English artist and environmentalist John Sabraw. Completed in 2017, this piece titled ‘Chroma S4 Dragon’ is created using toxic Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) pigments and other paints on an aluminium composite panel[1]. The AMD pigments are extracted from polluted abandoned coal mines, replacing synthetic iron oxides that would…Continue Reading AAD011: SUSTAINABILITY: Week 1