I was talking to Matt yesterday and he told me a story about one of his professors that went home over a christmas break while all the other artists stayed and worked, and he still felt like he was behind because of it 30 something years later.
I hope I don't feel that way in 30 years. I was sick for two weeks and my grandfather passed away, I think that may be a legit excuse.
Nevertheless, I have a proposal due tomorrow for BFA Seminar. I'm a little mad at myself because I had such good momentum last semester and everything just stopped. I was exploring the self portrait idea and kind of want to experiment with that some more but on a different level. I'm really fascinated with how our minds work and how all ideas come out abstracted from original thought, and vice-versa. I want to expand on that idea. I think my semester proposal will be more like a series of questions than an actual plan of action. Abstraction to me is not just about funky shapes and strange design, it's about how things actually become abstracted and transform into something surreal through a natural process...such as writing a novel or painting a picture.
I'm working on 20 small paintings in Painting III right now, and I'm working to reinforce this abstracted though process idea. I know what I want to accomplish I just don't know how to get there. I like paintings that are complex and chaotic and I want them to somehow represent me. I want to get something concrete down on paper (canvas) about the realm of thought and idea. A thought is not something tangible yet when we have one we feel as if it's a real thing and something that is forever cemented into our brain. Only when we try to break the thoughts free from our head is when it transforms into something more...I'm just rambling, trying to get the words down. It probably doesn't make sense, but I need to explore.
There is an artist that I read about in ArtForum that I am really fascinated by. I like her style. Her name is Maria Lassnig and she is an Austrian artist who is in her 90's!!! Matt and I also talked about her and he said something to the nature of her working her whole life to get to where she is. I would totally agree, but she is still amazing. She likes to explore the body and I would like to incorporate the figure into my own work. The Self, body and mind are all connected. Thoughts are connected to a brain, which are connected to a body....yada yada yah.
Alright, got that out of my system.
Now it's time to paint and work through this mess. Here is some Lassnig that I thoroughly enjoy...
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| "Photography over Painting" |
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| "Self with Guinea Pig" So amazing I can barely stand it... |
1 comment:
Holly, you just make your idea sound so good. You will make a bunch of awesome stuff this semester so don't stress! I like your idea of how ideas feel real to you even though they aren't tangible because that is so true. A thought can seem more real than reality sometimes...
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