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Assignment 2 - Test piece development

Assignment 2 - Experimentation - test piece

Research - Article : "Why Painting Still Matters"

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/08/why-painting-still-matters-tate-britain

"The relationship between what I am painting and why isn't 100% clear to me to begin with. The subject is suspended in a way, and the result is more like a poem than a description, something that is evasive and slips away if you try to grab it. This painting is of a real place, but it is not to do with documenting or cataloguing; it is less a celebration of the ordinary than a demonstration of the idea that by painting something that is apparently nothing, it has the opportunity to become everything. The simple act of observation is a deep, mysterious and beautiful thing." Simon Ling

Assignment 2 - Making the Weave Visable

Support : Stretched canvas 60 x 50 cm

Process: Thick layers of gesso applied to the stretched canvas to obliterate the factory produced surface.  The gesso also functioned as a glue to adhere fabric to the support.   I wanted to see how a constructed weave would look on a two dimensional plane.  Many of the weaves within textiles are not readily visible so this was an exploration of how to make that more obvious.





Strips of shirt material were torn into strips.   These were then 'woven' together on the surface of the canvas.  In doing so, a form of 'weave' was made visible.  This was painted with gesso - the gesso allows the fabric to be glued down, whilst retaining its shape and form.  Once dry, the surface can take any form of paint but retain its shape.  The gesso also creates a surface with a good 'bite'.

Research - Lost in Lace Exhibition

http://www.lostinlace.org.uk/artists

Lost in Lace participating Artists

1  Nils Völker
2  Reiko Sudo
3  Chiharu Shiota
4  Piper Shepard
5  Kathleen Rogers
6  Suzumi Noda
7  Liz Nilsson
8  Ai Matsumoto
9  Atelier Manferdini
10  Lise Bjørne Linnert
11  Naomi Kobayashi
12  Iraida Icaza
13  Katharina Hinsberg
14  Diana Harrison
15  Alessia Giardino
16  Tamar Frank
17  Michael Brennand-Wood
18  Annie Bascoul
19  Outi Martikainen
20  Ana Holck

 

Particularly those marked in red.

Research - Alessia Giardino

"Polluted patterns "

 

 

"Conceived as an artistic response to the problem of urban decay and working on the ethos of re-appropriation of negative aspects of the city, ‘Polluted Patterns’ emerge from the surface grime by selective cleaning technologies, creating a sort of ‘Living Wall’. Light-sensitive photo catalytic white cement or paint, have been screen printed to create ‘negative’ or ‘invisible’ motifs, that gradually become visible over time, as pollutants discolor the area of the surface not protected by these technologies. That section becomes catalyst of air bones pollutants, while the nanotechnology breaks down pollutants in the air though preserving the surface from their deposition.

Wrapped door

Pollution is defining a lace-like pattern assumed as metaphor of the poisoned air wrapping buildings, cities, everyday environment and affecting people health. Beyond is decorative aspect, is showing the increasing level of poor air quality we breath." 
http://www.alessiagiardino.com/pattern.html