Moving Forward
Utilising the previous project, Plinths, as a starting point for determining how my practice moves forward, I intend to continue to explore the idea of taking the object of the plinth out of its traditional mode of display, altering its very perception, and transforming it into a work of art.
The audience will, subsequently, be confronted with a paradigm shifting alteration, with the work sitting uncomfortably between the realms of art and display. In exploring this concept further, the pieces themselves have the potential to remain structurally geometric in shape.
New Proposal
I intend to achieve a higher finish to the structures, which references John McCracken’s Planks and relates to mass production.
With the previous Plinths, the paint was removed to reveal the wood; I will look into layering paint and working on the removal, with a more refined technique, intending not to reveal the wooden structure beneath.
Continuing to use paint in this way allows the work, while sculptural in form, to relate directly to the tradition of painting, as discussed in Gary Hume’s article for Frieze, Shut That Door. The article expresses the idea that a painting is a window; “a view onto a world beyond the surface, beyond the wall, beyond the gallery.”
Art Vision 