Saturday, May 29, 2010

First Year of Grad School: complete

This is the installation shot from my final critique of the year, which took place in my studio. I showed two major wall pieces and a grouping of small sculptures.

This piece was the first that I made after my mid-term critique. In considering the feedback I received from that crit, I decided to work from activities that I do at home instead of depicting them through imagery. I began by concentrating on verbs that I do in my apartment (sorting, stacking, washing, cutting, folding, etc. etc.) For this piece I used the verb stacking as my launching point and used that motion to build the piece. This painting is approx. 5x5ft.
Detail
Detail
One of the pieces from my final critique. It is approx. 10ft x 4ft.
A detail view
A grouping of smaller sculptures from the final critique. The stack of objects I am hoping to work on much more so it becomes really large.
Another small sculpture. Acrylic on paper mache on carpet square. Still not sure about this one yet....
A small sculpture I made for my final critique of the year. It is about 3ft tall.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Spring 2010- RISD Mid-term Review

An installation image of the work I had up for my Spring Mid-Term Review at RISD.
Toast
22 x 30in
Acrylic, graphite, and vinyl on paper

Clock/Radio
26 x 40in
Acrylic, graphite, and vinyl on paper
An image of one of my sculptures next to one of the drawings. This sculpture has a constructed, unreachable microwave sitting on top of it.

This was the main focus for my mid-term review. This is the live.make.work station. I think of the piece as combining by interests physically with domestic activity and art making activity. My work has always depicted domestic spaces and routines, so I thought I should make a piece where I could blend those processes of living and making. This sculpture has social and private spaces. This view (above) is the social side to the sculpture, a space for lounging and entertaining. The opposite side of the piece is for more private tasks. The interior of the sculpture is filled with my own clothing and bedding.