Week 27: Botticelli – Research

Jonathan Jones: Theories that the artist had fallen under the spell of a fanatical monk are completely true – as my discovery of a 15th-century woodcut proves … — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/mar/23/botticelli-renaissance-art-religion https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sandro-botticelli https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandro-Botticelli https://news.artnet.com/art-world/renaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226 https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=2ahUKEwiUmfDt_oDnAhVLZMAKHSCCBVgQFjALegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.artnet.com%2Fart-world%2Frenaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226&usg=AOvVaw3Zm8bddxQ16hwv2XAnaHgy

Week 27: When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art

When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art — Read on hyperallergic.com/535498/food-at-yoshii-gallery/ This is something that I have looked at before – a synergistic collection of works. These ideas relate back to Adams comment about prototyping for the fine artist. The exhibition/ display/ audience engagement is something you can prototype. In this case as the…

Week 26:Looking for my Historial Item

I shall look for one historical event to update/transcribe, that is key to our current democratic and domestic situation and an item that covers this period to explore to see if it’s identity, meaning and usage has changed. – from week 25. So far I have started though my investigate photos and research notes. An…

Week 26: Looking back.

This time last year the poet Mary Oliver died. I spent a lot of time reading her poems. I found words that explained my paintings. When reviewing Mark Bradford exhibition and I was reminded of Mary Oliver. She also looked out not in to find her subject. WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREESby Mary Oliver…

Week 25: Mark Bradford (MB)Research.

”keep going, always take the shot”. 2007 Link-https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s4/mark-bradford-in-paradox-segment/ https://art21.org/artist/mark-bradford/ This early program on Mark Bradford shows his developing interest in site-specific materials and social abstract on along with his sense of the humour. The artist’s practice, self-described as ‘social abstraction,’ examines political and environmental conditions that continue to disproportionately affect the most marginalized populations. Within…