MACAP Images and reflection on artistic outcomes -practical research

Actual paintings displayed:

I chose to show 3 paintings next to text, after deciding that the rage portraits were incnsistent and unresolved.  

I do like the document cropping but also - I like painting on board and its different working how I did for the first Venus's than trying to make the same effect with stretched canvas substrate..

I took some photos and did some testing after the exhibition closed.

Headlines were clear and related created context in addition to statement but the newspaper articles were saved as references for the paper so I'd not considered how they'd display. I did print both A4 and A4 to test sizes ahead of installing and A4 was just tiny and ilegible. 

 

I liked the text but would definitely go for Vinyl next time.

 

I recognise that there is some bias in my perception of the Venus. In putting the text together, I've tried to draw from legitimate sources of reference but I am speaking for the sculpture, artist and muse in doing this.

When I put my statement together for the exhibition, I was prompted to acknowledge that by transcribing the sculpture to a flesh appearance in paint, I was painting Ray- I think I've tried to detatch Ray from the sculpture to focus on artist intention; but the artist was sister to the muse and they had a relationship so there may well have been artist bias so how can I seperate them?

 

Added the image of the sculpture after the exhibition.