Week beginning: 23rd July 2024
Artist Research
I would like to touch upon several artist influences which have inspired me throughout my time at Wrexham university. The first being illustrator Patty Moon. Moon specializes in intricate illustrations centred around the natural world and the shapes and textures of various trees she encounters on her travels around Europe and the middle east. Her work is of great influence on me, from a very early age I had a fascination with trees and a fascination with how they were depicted within the art world. Her works titled “Early Morning Trees” and “Spring Celtis” are pieces I always return too for inspiration regarding her line work and exclusive use of mark making and shading.
Another artist of significance was Aaron Siskind, Siskind explored the decaying textures within the world using photographic techniques such as burning and smudging. His central focuses mainly centred around decaying bark, peeling paint and abandoned structures needing repair. His work inspired me greatly throughout the first year of university when I was exploring the close-up details of a tree’s bark and the textures held within the roots and branches.
Other artists of interest were the likes of Banksy, especially his self-shredding deconstructive pieces. Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based Street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Street artist Banksy specializes in political images depicted across the country, on walls, street corners and highly populated areas. Although his street art wasn’t of great influence on me throughout the project I did find his self-shredding piece of great importance, The thought of a full intact image being worth and valued a specific way vs how much it would be worth after the process of destruction took place fascinates me. After the image had sold at auction it disappeared into the frame, shredding itself into strips and falling onto the auction floor. Was this piece now worth more or less than it sold for? What truly was its worth?
More recently I have explored the works of Roy’s People aka Roy Tyson. Tyson’s speciality is to create witty and intriguing imagery with customised miniature figures and since 2012, Roy began photographing his miniature world on the streets of London before progressing into installations and corporate commissions for brands such as Apple, Ted Baker, Byron Burger, Zizzi & The Royal Mint to name a few. (Figure 9) Tyson’s work was of great importance to me especially during the final stages of module ART724 and ART727. Influencing me to explore with miniatures within the modern world and experiment with the acts of module making and painting also. Having learn this technique aloud me to develop the deconstructive elements of my project further through the use of these miniatures allowing myself to take a unique and interactive perspective towards my central theme of deforestation.
Adam
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