Did this one today. They're just thirsty plants gearing up for some hectic photosynthesis.
This one is just for scale.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Thirsty
New painting!
Did this one today. They're just thirsty plants gearing up for some hectic photosynthesis.
Did this one today. They're just thirsty plants gearing up for some hectic photosynthesis.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
fuck everyone
This is a study that will lead into more studies then maybe a series.
The background consists of pages from old school erotica novels. Hence the pun in the title:
"Fuck everyone"The title is intended to be a pun.
This work is about 40cm X 50cm. It is Acryllic paints, ink and collage.
It is an extension of an earlier painting done in varnishes on wood:
I like this one better because the varnishes dried so fast that the colours can't mix. I do like my primaries. This one is also textured with modelling compound in the orange area.
I also liked the watercolour's over paper, without the gessoed white:
"To Russia.... With Lust"
so in conclusion I think the next work of this series will be the primary varnishes on a pure collaged background, with a novel title.
Saturday, 5 November 2011
Transcendece
"Transcenence", Oil on Canvas, 50 cm X 80 cm, 2011
This is my piece coming up for AFY's "Transcendence" show at the Art House hotel (Sydney CBD) at on Monday 14th of November.
Its about the way the need for 'transcendece' of human pain and suffering is acheived via the things we find pleasurable: food, sex, meditation.
Its about the way the need for 'transcendece' of human pain and suffering is acheived via the things we find pleasurable: food, sex, meditation.
They are all a means towards finding a connection between body and mind, but unfortunately, it is a part of the human condition to fail to acheive absolute transcendece.
Transcendence is the force that propells life: it is the cause of relationships, prayer, self preservation and orgasm, but it is a simalcurum.
Transcendence is but one aspect of the never ending cycle of life (transcendence) and death (decendence)
Transcendence is the force that propells life: it is the cause of relationships, prayer, self preservation and orgasm, but it is a simalcurum.
Transcendence is but one aspect of the never ending cycle of life (transcendence) and death (decendence)
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
New Things! exciting!
So, as I predicted, I'm not as regular at writing at some. But its too difficult to produce a painting that I'm willing to show and write about, regularly.
So iv'e been painting something for this upcoming group show. It really has nothing to do with multi-culturalism but it is definately my perspective of 'modern society'.
It isn't finished yet. I'm going to add some tar and change a few things.
for those people who know me, please forgive me for this. haha.
So iv'e been painting something for this upcoming group show. It really has nothing to do with multi-culturalism but it is definately my perspective of 'modern society'.
It isn't finished yet. I'm going to add some tar and change a few things.
for those people who know me, please forgive me for this. haha.
It is supposed to tie in with the previous painting. The headless body is playing with the fabric of reality. But please, it would be much more fun to ignore me and tell me what your interpretation is.
It will help me to finish it.
Friday, 17 June 2011
1:25 in the morning is the most productive time.
So it's 1:25 in the morning, as the title clearly outlines.
I'm up, and alert enough.
let's think about kits.
I have about 3 or 4 pages infront of me outlining the sculpture project I have to finish between now and 12 pm tomorrow. The wonderful thing about sculpture is that you can throw anything together as long as you appear to be creative in doing so. Thats probably why it is not very fun to look at but lots of fun to do.
I must design a 'kit', a d.i.y assembly kit for a series of random events.
This may include anything up to :
kit for the last day
kit for adorning sideburn using banana leaves
Kit for locking yourself out and evryone else in
Kit for body armour our of pasta in the kitchen.
How to approach such a ridiculous idea?
The 'idea' behind the project seems to be the replacement of spontenuity with order and safety.
Or the replacement of manual labour with mass produced technology and our dependence on the knowledge of 'the kit' to aid our lives.
Its about the conveinience of having information handed down to us, and in turn, our underused crative ability.
This was a parody commercial done by some wack job in the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsKaFknysU
I think I'm going to make a kit for making 10 functions for used ugg boots.
I don't know what do ya'll think about it?
I'm up, and alert enough.
let's think about kits.
I have about 3 or 4 pages infront of me outlining the sculpture project I have to finish between now and 12 pm tomorrow. The wonderful thing about sculpture is that you can throw anything together as long as you appear to be creative in doing so. Thats probably why it is not very fun to look at but lots of fun to do.
I must design a 'kit', a d.i.y assembly kit for a series of random events.
This may include anything up to :
kit for the last day
kit for adorning sideburn using banana leaves
Kit for locking yourself out and evryone else in
Kit for body armour our of pasta in the kitchen.
How to approach such a ridiculous idea?
The 'idea' behind the project seems to be the replacement of spontenuity with order and safety.
Or the replacement of manual labour with mass produced technology and our dependence on the knowledge of 'the kit' to aid our lives.
Its about the conveinience of having information handed down to us, and in turn, our underused crative ability.
This was a parody commercial done by some wack job in the 80's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsKaFknysU
I think I'm going to make a kit for making 10 functions for used ugg boots.
I don't know what do ya'll think about it?
Thursday, 16 June 2011
I'm flattered.
Good evening e-fans and art lovers!
This would be my first real attempt at writing something on my blog.
According to my advisors (trusted friends and life coaches), I have to update this regularly. This could be a difficult task as I am not one for regular anythings, that is, I'm lazy and disorganized. I am, however, willing to give it a shot.
And so begins my debut into the world of the inter-webs.
My teachers often say how it is good to keep a record of your works and studies etc etc. I suspect that is because 'true art' is found within a process. An artwork is never a finished product, but one small component added to the bank of ideas from which creativity and life flow.
So, if the products of our 'productive species life' are a reflection of our unique ability to express ourselves creatively, then lo and behold, welcome to my experience of life represented to you through a series of nudes and monsters.
I'll finish off by saying I went in to pick up all my assessments today. So I finally got my Zombie head. It was my favourite work from the uni projects series.
It’s based around the idea of a conceptual society, where we rely on conceptual images to gather information and connect.
I'll upload my statement underneath if you’re interested.
This would be my first real attempt at writing something on my blog.
According to my advisors (trusted friends and life coaches), I have to update this regularly. This could be a difficult task as I am not one for regular anythings, that is, I'm lazy and disorganized. I am, however, willing to give it a shot.
And so begins my debut into the world of the inter-webs.
My teachers often say how it is good to keep a record of your works and studies etc etc. I suspect that is because 'true art' is found within a process. An artwork is never a finished product, but one small component added to the bank of ideas from which creativity and life flow.
So, if the products of our 'productive species life' are a reflection of our unique ability to express ourselves creatively, then lo and behold, welcome to my experience of life represented to you through a series of nudes and monsters.
I'll finish off by saying I went in to pick up all my assessments today. So I finally got my Zombie head. It was my favourite work from the uni projects series.
It’s based around the idea of a conceptual society, where we rely on conceptual images to gather information and connect.
I'll upload my statement underneath if you’re interested.
i-worm
60cmX 70cm
oil and tar on board.
artist statement:
I am highlighting the spiritual depravity that occurs when man removes himself from the workings of nature.
I refer to evolution, as it is the natural way of things to change and evolve. But with the growth and innovation of new technologies, we are enabled to transcend the natural experience of time and reality. As we enter into a new creative stage of human evolution, what part of our humanity is lost?
Emile Durkheim in his philosophical writings “The Dualism of Human Nature and it’s Social Conditions” writes of human consisting of two alternate natures. There is the egoistic ;The element of ourselves that is concerned with our individuality and with it alone. It is referred frequently throughout our cultures creative texts as the ‘experience’ , ‘soul’ or ‘vital energy’ (Durkheim, 1913, 62). On the other hand, there is the conceptual. They are the symbols for life. They are without life, but they are the very things that allow us to connect, to feel understood and form societies. The two elements live in contradiction to one another, but as we are social, and thus, conceptual beings, they exist within the very fabric of society, embedded deep within our roots.
Though Darwin and Wallace’s theory of evolution has become widely understood and accepted in modern society, it is not quite understood that slow change is still occurring. As human societies continue to build on their knowledge and technologies, societies continue to grow, bringing on new waves of social evolution. Neo-evolution, as it is commonly referred to is unlike that Darwin describes, as it is controlled by man for the aid of man.
If we examine the past there is undeniable evidence of social change occurring with technology. As man’s technology grew, so too did the population of people depending on it. Population growth and economic growth were for the first time, occurring together post industrial evolution. As community sizes increases, so too does the demand for technology and unlimited information.
Contemporary societies have bred the need to keep up, socially and economically. We are now, with the aid of internet and telecommunications, able to place ourselves and our objects into conceptual forms and thrust them into the hyperreal cyber world. It is a hyperreal world, created by humans to represent life, and is controlled by neither chance nor nature. It is a world ruled by concepts and connotations that do not belong to the egoistic self, words and language, mass consumeristic logos, pictures and symbols.
As our collective conscience continues to build upon itself and store its information in a conceptual map so detailed it covers the very things it was meant to represent, will we evolve into a social species that lives increasingly more in the ‘conceptual world’? Are our minds outliving the usefulness of our physical body? When our bodies and physical world decay, will we be forever living in the concept of our own existence? What alien beings will become of us when we place our personal experiences in the hands of humans and remove ourselves from the fate of nature.
My artwork is a stark prediction of the fate of humanity, where information we receive or emit is controlled by the giants, who are controlled by the collective of men. It is a time where we live more and more in conceptual world, but are torn from the essence of our humanity and individuality.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
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