Ink Developments Towards My Final Piece

X- RAY Images

Today, art historians routinely use x-rays to see beneath the finished surface of paintings. Caravaggio's 17th century masterpiece "Adoration Of The Sheperds" reveal rough sketches of 'under drawing' and discover changes that the artist made during the painting process. I attempted to recreate my own x-ray images, I layered two drawings on top of one another to give the impression that there were underlayers. To ensure the under layer came through, I used a lightbox. I like the depth this technique created, giving my photo a dimensional quality. It mergerd shape and line together, boosting the photos visula impact.

Research And Response

'Phantom Recorder' - when a limb is lost, the mind often develops a phantom senstaion. Thhe Pahntom Recorder sytem projects a cold and damp sensation onto the skin surface, triggering the brain to halluncinate a phantom. The recorder allows the nerves to recreate the sensation of the telescoped phantom hand, the fourth feet or the split arm.

These are a response to the Pahntom Recorder photo. I stumbled across the Phantom Recorder in a magazine and thought it had relevance to my project. I was interested in amputation and wether there was sensation in the arm socket when the arm had been lost. Visually, i liked how the photo projected an eerie quality. the limb being replaced with a glass bubble contributes to the distorted disfigurment the body already holds.

My Detailed Drawing Inspired By Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm

My own photo

This Photo was inspired by Erwin Wurms work. I was interested with the idea of manipulating the body to create something quite surreal. Erwin Wurms work presents a series of shots showing bizarre forms that we gradually realize are human bodies, twisted and tangled in thier completely non functional clothing.

Tracy Emin And Louise Bourgeious

Tracy Emin and Louise Bourgeious 'pregnant belly'

I visually responded to 'the pregnant belly' with water colour and ink. i was interested in how the body functions and how pregnancy conencides with the Lunar months. I was suprised to find out the the female body clock relies on the moonlight to regulate the menstrual system. I was intrested in exploring a functioning body in juxtapostion with my other artists who portaryed images of dysfunctional bodies.

Zhang Dali

I tried to recreate the hanging body effect. In these photos I have covered the face in a black jumper to insinuate the lack of ackknowledgement immigrant workers get. Hanging the bodys form rope reflects the lack of control we all have in our current society . According to Zhang Dali these people represent the immigrant workers in rural areas of china. To cast them in resin is a way to recognize thier existence and contribution to the chinese society.
I like how he hangs the immigrant workers upside down to indicate the uncertainty of thier lives and thier powerlessness in changing thier own fates.
Zhang Dali Chinese Offspring ( 2003)

My Visual response to Dalis work.

Associative Writing

My photos are a response to Hans Bellmer's distorted figures. I created a doll like clay sculpture with exaggerated limbs and growths forming externally, particualary through the arm sockets.
Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer and Ed Ruscher are artists that inspired the idea to work on top of photos. Text enhances a photo' intentions, manipulating the audiences reaction, ensuring that the artist achieves the desired effect.
I really enjoyed this task and felt it helped to develop my own understanding of my photos.