Eva Hesse-Minimalist artists Repetition Nineteen III is 19 translucent, bucket-like forms Serial repetition of identical units Her forms are handmade and irregular rather than manufactured and hard-edged They are similar to one another in size and shape but none of them are exactly alike. Repetitive and labour intensive Continue reading Eva Hesse
Marina Kassianidou Wrinklegrams 2012-present ‘For this series of paintings, I crumple up each piece of paper and then paint lines over all the wrinkles using glossy white paint. I am aiming for a one-to-one correspondence between the existing mark–the wrinkles–and the painted mark’ Drawing over existing mark no longer can see the original mark fake trace? makes viewer have to look closer to see the … Continue reading Marina Kassianidou
Sui Jianguo-Trace Looking into the ideas of a fake trace Imprint of the hand is very visible- does that create a connection between artist and viewer because its very personal and enlarged But it is an enlarged exact replica of smaller sculptures that the artist actually held and moulded-does that make the larger replicas a fake trace because they weren’t actually held by the artist. … Continue reading Sui Jianguo
Photographing the human traces we leave behind on objects. memory of people fingerprints in materials accidental marks left behind Continue reading photography-traces we leave behind
Urs Fischer- ‘the kiss’- Sadie coles Over the space of a month, Fischer’s Plasticine sculpture of The Kiss will transform from a recognisable motif (fractionally larger than Rodin’s first marble version) into an open- ended site of collaboration. The icon of modern sculpture will become a volatile object – able to be inscribed, pulled apart and remodelled spontaneously. The kissing figures are raised on a … Continue reading Urs Fischer- ‘The Kiss’
Human memory Mental trace index-inexical sign coded sign fossils-already a impression left-memory anthony Gormly-rocks-sand-repetition not noticible but they have changed white-barely viable trace or imprint of the hand is barely viable Trust that the viewer will spend time to look for the barely visible trace Marina Kassinidou what a mark is fake trace? copy-replica/does the viewer know the differnec between a real or fake trace? Continue reading Presentation feedback Notes
personal need more content- cant stand on their own photographic documentation or text to support the sculptures text to help people navigate around the work chewing gum think literally/metaphorically about indent photography-static moment documented- sculptures can change over time if handled by viewer different imprints from part of the body-not just the hand forensic powder extra layers on the sculptures (colours- shiny materials)- can they … Continue reading VP crit feedback notes
Holly Shelton-Newlove 