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Katie Pickering | Art Foundation
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FMP Evaluation
Final Major Project Evaluation: Lost and Found
Pathway: Illustration
· Be able to submit a personal statement of intent
· Understand the importance of contextual references
· Know how to solve problems by applying knowledge and experience
· Be able to present a Final Major Project
To begin my Final Major Project, I revisited areas from both exploratory and pathway stages. Finding my strongest work to be that from ‘Paris in the Park. I have enjoyed experimenting with processes, other than my chosen pathway, which have allowed me to develop a wider range of skills to produce my strongest work for the Final Major Project exhibition. I feel that this course, solely FMP, has allowed me to step out of my comfort zone with both materials and scale.
Following from the work I produced for ‘Paris in the Park’, I again felt that the Paris residential could be a major influence in my work and research for FMP. I wanted to utilize the rest of my found objects and photos that I brought back from the residential in my final exhibition; I also thoroughly enjoyed the procedure of collecting and gathering items that have no significant meaning to me, but would have once to someone else.
I initially started this project by researching other artists known for using found objects in their work; Annette Messager, Christian Boltanski and Lisa Kokin have heavily influenced my work throughout. I then began my project by looking at the found objects, photos, letters and documents to see if anything had a significant link, as I liked the idea of mystery playing a part in my work. I settled on working with material and stitch early on in the project, as my previous works had proved successful and I enjoyed the process and final outcome when using it. However, I wanted to widen my capabilities for this project and decided to trial another route; where I visited Eden Camp and deeply researched into Auschwitz, again focusing on the documents and items recovered from real life events. This was a dead end for me as I couldn’t get new ideas flowing and felt that if I was to carry this idea on, I wouldn’t have had a final exhibition.
I then looked at the idea of putting certain items and photos together to create some sort of missing identity or lost memory based project. As well as the idea of items losing their purpose after being lost or abandoned. I started the process of testing out different thicknesses of material, to see which would be suitable to use to print/transfer images onto using the printer. The yellow base tone of the Calico material worked for the outcome image I was aiming to produce and played well with the old and used condition of the items and photos I was going to be printing with. I created 36 individual A4 sized material pieces to use as a large scaled piece, as this was something I’d previously struggled to do within my work. Returning back to the idea of lost identity I decided to use red paint, stitch, wool, paper, acetate and fabric to mask some of the faces and features of people in the photos I used. I chose to use the colour red as knew it would stand out from the dull base I’ve chosen for the rest of my work. I also wanted it to be the first thing your eye is drawn to within my piece and make the viewer wonder who the people are and why they’ve been masked/concealed.
Throughout the project I have utilized my spare time by visiting markets and car boot sales to source other personal items that once belonged and had meaning to someone else. During one of these trips I found an old garden chair that I felt I could use to experiment with. Referring back to another of my initial ideas, I decided to break the chair so that it had lost its purpose and couldn’t be used. I then decided to photocopy some of my found photos and image transfer them onto said chair with white emulsion, and then tea stain to play back on the old, worn out look the rest of my exhibition has.
As my pathway was based on drawing and illustration, I wanted to incorporate some of that into my FMP work. I have done this by experimenting with photographs, drawing from them both freehand and digitally. Using materials such as tracing paper to print onto and work back over the top with my illustrated designs. I’ve drawn from the objects I have used throughout this project; those being material, clothing, chair, teapots, typewriters and books.
My final exhibition has taken me around 3 weeks to fully complete, with last minute changes being made to the display of certain aspects so that the whole was pleasing to look at and worked well with the other pieces displayed. My favourite piece being the suitcase with shirts hung up the wall, again incorporating different items, documents and photos, as well as a book and pair of shoes again to play on the idea of lost identity.
During the course of FMP, it was essential that I kept up to date with sketchbooks, Tumblr and my journal, as well as a constant thought process of what I was going to do next. My journal helped me the most as I used it to reflect after a day’s work and to self-criticize the work I was creating to help me improve. Group and sketchbook critiques helped me to gain a better understanding of how other people worked and what would help me to again improve and develop on the work I had been doing, I really benefitted from the input of other people and enjoyed seeing how they chose to document and display their work too.
Extended Bibliography
Artists
· Lisa Kokin
· Annette Messager
· Christian Boltanski
· Kyra Clegg
· Damien Hirst
· Alison Knowles
· Lorraine Reynolds
· Lee Mckenna
· Mark Dion
· Marcel Du Champ
· Austin Kleon
· Robert Rauschenburg
· Kirsty Whitlock
· Rebecca Petty
· Raubdruckerin
· Sue Brown
· John Stezaker
· Hannah Hoch
· Tim Noble and Sue Webster
· Emma Parker
· Kennard Phillips
Visits
· Paris Residential
· Tate Modern London
· Musee Pompidou
· Eden Camp
· Musee D’Orsay
· Salts Mill
Videos
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypiSVnP2aRQ
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ml-oLmpXU
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8IbN7HNIhM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv7tatnhFAc
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlrHyzIwcI
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSKxJc_J0No
Links
· http://www.lisakokin.com
· https://www.tayloepiggottgallery.com/artist/Lisa_Kokin/biography/
· https://www.textileartist.org/lisa-kokin-content-materials-driven
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/messager-the-pikes-t07436
· https://arteverdayblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/annette-messager-the-pikes-1992-3/
· http://www.artnet.com/artists/annette-messager/
· https://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/annette-messager
· https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/feb/21/annette-messager
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/christian-boltanski-2305
· http://www.christian-boltanski.com
· https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/13/christain-boltanski-grand-palais-paris
· http://www.kyclegg.co.uk/
· https://www.saatchiart.com/Kyra
· http://www.damienhirst.com
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/damien-hirst-2308
· https://aknowles.com
· https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/performance-at-tate/case-studies/alison-knowles
· https://www.lorrainereynolds.com
· https://glimmeringprize.blogspot.com
· https://www.flickr.com/photos/stitch-therapy/
· https://hanguppictures.com/exhibition/blue-murder
· http://toombes.com/2019/01/08/interview-lee-mckenna/
· http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2016/04/25/lee-mckenna/
· https://leeamckenna.tumblr.com
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/mark-dion-2789
· https://art21.org/artist/mark-dion/
· https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/dada/marcel-duchamp-and-the-readymade/
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/marcel-duchamp-1036
· https://www.widewalls.ch/dadaist-artists-dada/marcel-duchamp/
· https://austinkleon.com/
· https://austinkleon.com/category/newspaper-blackout-poems/
· https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-blackout-poetry-these-fascinating-poems-are-created-from-existing-art-78781
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/robert-rauschenberg-1815
· https://kirstywhitlock.weebly.com
· https://www.textileartist.org/embroidery-transforms-kirsty-whitlock
· https://rebeccapettystudio.weebly.com
· https://raubdruckerin.de/en/
· https://www.twenty-twenty.co.uk/artists/brown/
· https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com
· https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/john_stezaker.htm
· https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-stezaker-2000
· https://www.theartstory.org/artist-hoch-hannah.htm
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FMP Exhibition
Final Exhibition to be shown to the public on June 27th 2019 , 5:30 - 7:30.
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Adding the Typewritten Notes
I decided to incorporate the actual typewriter into my exhibition, i have displayed this on another suitcase; similar to the other. I decided to leave one piece of paper in the typewriter and have the others as though they are flowing from it.
I have chosen to display these on the same wall as my books and have them weaving in and out of the books as though they are moving. This also gives the effect that they could be falling from the books, as the documents and photos are also hanging out of them.
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Typewriter work
I decided to type the definitions of the words: Loss,Identity,Memory,Purpose and place, as I felt these were words that strongly linked to my project. I will create more typed pieces to include in my final exhibition, again based around these 5 words.
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Introducing the Typewritter
Before using the typewriter i decided to trial which paper it looked best on. I really liked the writing over the book page , however, as i’d used the books , i wanted to use a diferent style of paper so they still stood out.
I prefer the beige tracing style paper as it has a very delicate look and i will be able to manipulate it to give it movement up the wall when displayed.
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Finished Shirt Display
I decided to change the suitcase to an older , more battered one as it fit my overall theme better than the newer blue one. I then added more photos, documents, a pair of shoes and a book , again to give the idea that the suitcase belonged to someone and contains all their memorys/life.
I am really pleased with the outcome and am glad i decided to change my layout, as this one is more inviting and entices you to look through the layers.
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Adding the Found Items
I hung the shirts so that they were layered over each other. I then started to sew photos, documents, photocopies, letters, bookpages and tracing paper into and over the shirts , again playing with layers.
I then added more shirts , again from the charity shop and of the same tonal range , and a suitcase to look as though it had been unpacked wihout care, portraying someones life and their belongings.
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Displaying the Clothing
I used masking tape to trial how i wanted to hand my shirts on the left side of my booth.
I decided i prefered to displey them in a straight line instead of covering the wall.
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Unpicking Shirts
I had the idea of working with objects and then removing their purpose and practicality from them.
I visited a few charity shops and picked up a handful of men’s shirts , all beige and nude tones. I decided to use a stitch unpicker to rip and destress the shirts so they were no longer able to be used; similarly to my broken chair.
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Masking with Red
I decided to mask some of the people on the photos i had chosen to use for this large material piece, using red material, paint, acetate, paper and stitch. I chose the colour red as it is striking and will be the first thing seen due to the dull colour scheme i have chosen for the rest of my exhibition.
I have done this so that the viewer wonders who the people are and why their identity is being masked.
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Using Pegs
I decided that even pulled stright, the material was still draping a little and covering the piece underneath. I decided to add rope at the top of each piece , and use small pegs to peg it to the line.
I am really happy with the outcome and how the piece is straighter than before, the look of the pegs also plays on the vintage look i am going for with my piece as an overall.
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Testing
I decided to test what the strips looked like with an inch gap between them; i did this using masking tape and bluetack to hold.
I trialled the material both stretched tight and draped to see which effect i liked the best; i prefer the straight look , as draped masks parts of the piece below.
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Measuring Exhibition Space
I used a tape measure to measure 45” down from the top of each screen; in order to find the middle point. I then measured out 13cm from each side of my back 2 screens, to find the middle for my material pieces; then added string to signifiy the top of each piece.
I also added bluetack spots to mark out the position of each of my 6 book pieces.
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