I am carrying out a series of work whereby I am recreating and incorporating Constables Haywain into a number of different environments and situations, this varies in both medium and context. I am interested in t...
I have been researching Habermas' theory of the "Public Sphere", this has helped me situate my practice amongst other socially engaged work. The Public Sphere is a space whereby a free open discussion takes place...
I am attracted to the concept of Socialist realism due to the way it marries together both romantic idealism and corrupt dictatorships together. The juxtaposition between the utopian romantic portrayal of country...
In the past the process of appropriation has been such an important part of my working practice. I use appropriation as a method of communicating as it uses an existing language, one that already has a shared mea...
Continuing to explore cliché twee imagery associated to the aesthetic of Englishness, I created a modern day version of an old traditional toile wallpaper (Fig.1). I was planning on exhibiting this in the end of...
In this exhibition I really enjoyed how Maclean's work parody's familiar subjects such as advertisement and social media in order to make us question the techniques and motivations of the media, this piece makes...
For a number of weeks prior to viewing the Mike Kelley exhibition, which consisted of Kitsch religious models, I have been looking at similar Kitsch models personal to British culture, for example seen in Fig.1....
This piece consist of two different parts, one being the "Framed" and the other being the "Frame", they are then separated by a wall. The piece is a replica of an actual place, a wishing well loc...
Today I attended a lecture about the role of the medium and the language individual mediums carry. We discussed critics such as Clement Greenberg and how he wrote about flatness and how paint was the best langua...
As stated in a previous post I am attracted to John Constable due to the way his work seems to be widely recognised and appreciated by people outside of the art community (this is compared to other old English pa...
I found this exhibition very relevant to my practice due to its reference to history and its element of parody. The exhibition consisted of David Salle's "Tapestry Paintings" (Fig.1) combining figures and images...
During my research into William Hogarth I came across this painting "O the Roast beef of Old England" (fig.1) and I was really interested in the context of the painting. This painting was created after Hogarth's...
I have recently been researching William Hogarth (1697–1764) and have found his work very relevant to my practice. I admire the way he uses humour and satire to create narrative and social commentary.
In this piece I was looking at the idealistic portrayal of the English landscape within the history and tradition of English paintings. I chose to focus on John Constable specifically as I find him to be the most...
Today I attended a Formalism lecture, we were introduced to the basic theory of Clement Greenberg and the progression and theory of Formalism along with the context of what was happening around the world at that...
