I am starting a new project that will lead me up until Christmas. I have chosen the topic of PCOS and related conditions that effect motherhood. Recently, I have been diagnosed with PCOS, insulin resistance and hyperthyroidism. These confitions have had a huge impact on dealing with everyday life and also planning a future. This is an ongoing investigation into […]
As a start for my Contextual and Critical Studies I had to answer the following questions with support from selected reading. I wanted to share my response with you. What is the role of reading (or doing) “theory” for you? How do you (want to) talk & write about art & design? Reading and theory is the basis of knowledge […]
Itmar Rose and Yossi Atia are activist film producers that use comedy as well as serious means to provoke the public to tell the truth. They are based in Israel, where this video is taking place. The social problem explored is immigration. A topic that was present at the time and that is present as a global issue now. Rose […]
The sculpture pieces titled ‘Piss Flowers’ by Helen Chadwick created in 1991 to 1992 is a series of casts that even though created through a thought-out process, are a product of chance and lack of control. They created the initial shapes by using the natural act of ‘pissing’ in snow. This is not something that can be completely controlled as […]
Pauline Boty created ‘It’s A Mans’ World II’ between 1964 and 1965 at a time where feminism was rising back up to fight for equality within representation in society. Boty presents the divide between the genders within the collage with a black line separating two sections each summing up the importance of the sex within society. On the left panel […]
‘Guten Tag’ by Wolfgang Mattheuer was painted in 1975 and portrays an idealistic image of a family in a dream-like and precise world. This oil painting shows a lot of realism and yet it seems like it is without life. The people are coming straight towards the viewer with a motion to interact, however their facial colour and expression suggests they […]
I want to share with you all the work that I have done so far this and last academic year. However, there is a lot of it and so I don’t know where to start. (Also, I’m writing this post instead of writing my final essay of the year – procrastination on 100% right now). When I moved out and […]
I have hit the restart button (again). This time, I have a clearer vision for this blog and it will be a way of supporting my practice as an artist. Since my last post a lot has happened. I am currently studying Contemporary Art Practice at Gray’s School of Art and I have just started the second semester of my […]