The above work was in ARTSWorcester's Sixth Annual Colleges of the Worcester Consortium Exhibit...
And finally, a glimpse of my work in progress for my thesis... Excuse the tacks on the wall, there are some missing pieces. I've shrunk the scale of the works in order to fit a greater number of the frames on the wall. Like my other works from last semester, each one is based on a specific artwork and is covered in text I have researched that is relevant to the piece. They're about how I contextualize artworks based on information because of my background as an art history major. I'm fascinated by Salon-style hanging in its aesthetic as I was confronted with it on my trip to Italy last summer (particularly in the Pitti Palace in Florence) -- I found it both visually impressive and extremely annoying, as it's impossible to properly view pieces that are way up high. I'm toying with this a bit by making my frames smaller, and therefore harder to see, as they are higher. I'm also varnishing them because another problem with viewing paintings hung Salon-style was in dealing with the intense glare that varnish produces.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so torn between the red painted wall and the fabric. All the reasons I think its not working in this photo are also the reasons it is working. Difficult decision. I think the only reason I can see it being detrimental, is that once the fabric is introduced as part of your project (I'm thinking specifically in critiques), all of these ideas get thrown at you about making the work an even further mockery of salon style, and more over the top, more gaudy, more benches (Stephen's comment)! etc. The only reason I find this detrimental is if you take an installation to that place, sometimes you're just recreating that space not simply referencing it.
Love,
Maren
P.s. Lets talk about it!
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