Demonstration and My final response-Part two

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 20.05.20 Text and it's directive In the previous brainstorm blog, I discussed the use of text and language in my work and trying to get the balance between the two. In my Contextual studies, I discussed the exploration of the text as a guide for...

Layering the muse: A critical discussion into script, lettering and layers. part 3

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 04.03.20 Working with layers, text and script- A reflection of my own work. In mid-February, I went to a creative session using mixed media and layering. In the course, the art educator, Simon, gave us suggestions on how to create an engaging piece using spray...

Making day 4th April: Layering, letters and line.

  MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 04.04.20 This the session today, I want to look and a reversal of my layers. In my practice, I usually begin with the calico, then priming, gridding, drawings and then letters. In a previous discussion with Neil, he asked 'What would happen if you...

Layering the muse: A critical discussion into script, lettering and layers. part 2

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 04.03.20 Continuing the discussion on the use of layering and text, I came across the artist Rasheed Araeen, in my book British Black Art: Debates on Western Art History by Sophie Orlando. The artist and writer Rasheed Araeen introduces his discussion on his positioning in...

Layering the muse: A critical discussion into script, lettering and layers. part 1

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 10.02.20   I wanted to explore the use of text in my work. Could this exploration help to direct the audience in identifying the image? Would it dictate the conversation? Would it tell the audience what they needed to know, or who it identify what...

Behind every great man? The status of the Black woman in history.

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 09.02.20 Behind the Myth of Benevolence Titus Kaphar2014 Behind the myth of benevolence is painting that includes two images. One, a portrait of a white man is Thomas Jefferson. The third president of the United States of America. A significant member who wrote the Declaration...

Provocation Task: The importance of representation in art and our place as artists to interfere.

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Interference: The Modern Muse 24.10.19 The transcript: As an artist exploring the modern muse as a source of inspiration, I wanted to discuss the importance of representation It's not about being PC, or appropriate, it's about you as an artist, becoming the audience and that in turn inspiring you to create...

Shadow and Erasure: The untold story of women in Black History

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Margins and Marginalisation: The Modern Muse 07.02.20   Erased and forgotten? I sometimes feel, the worst thing I feel could happen in life is to be forgotten, brushed aside or replaced. Your name removed from the minds of those who should remember you. Your friends, your family and the generations to...

Provocations task

MA3: Resolution and Exhibition Interference: The Modern Muse 20.10.19 Our first task is to look at a theme and use it to create debate. In our group, we explored Entanglement, Interference and Collision. However, I had the challenge to incorporate this theme into my current practice of modern muse. My initial thoughts were to focus...

Intersections and articulations- Subsumed by history.

MA2: Testing practice Intersections and articulations 18.04.19 Kara Walker, an artist, the visual ethnographer that documents and response to her history, culture and traditions, created the sculptural piece, "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby". I have in a previous journal post discussed her work in a response to a tutorial earlier in the year....