School Of Saatchi???

After watching the programmes as a prospective students and budding 'wannabe artist' dubbed by Sean O' Grady a writer for the independant. There is almost reality tv show aspect about the whole programme. The contestants battle it out to win! Is art about winning?
O'Grady comments on the modern art as it can be done by anyway, almost mocking that his article is in fact an art installation. Has the show displayed a side of 'modern art' that is considered ridculous? I guess the exposure to the public is something that can be commended on..... right? Modern art at the present time. It is bringing discussion of this kind of art into peoples living rooms. Only have comments like 'what aload of rubbish'.
O'Grady opens his 'art installation' with 'Modern art is supposed to shock'.
It certainly got him talking.



http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--gracie-bbc4-school-of-saatchi-bbc2-1826412.html

Food Chains

Food chains are like flow charts.
Flow charts are chains for food.

Using a linear drawing techinque small studies whilst sitting in the arndale food chain.

Working with a continuous line. Changes how we view or interpret the space we see almost like a negative line moving through a positive image.

no surface
no dimensions
no structures

Bird On Train... Flying high?

A drawing of a shredded coffee lid. When bordem gets the best of us..

Cast off

Experimenting with casting methods.
Basically trying to capture movement whilst sat at the dining table.
Using pro alignate a product normally used by dentists to make moulds for teeth. I attempted to create a cast of my hands and arms leaning on a table while waiting for something to eat.
The traces of alignate that have been left on my arms is something like a happy accdient as i think i will run with the idea of tracing movement with inks aswel as having a solid-like state to capturing movement.

10 seconds before tea

A month of 10 seconds before tea.

Drawing around my hands............................................and more drawing around my hands.

Hidden Gem

A random wrong turn home and an unsure we'l carry on walking. I stumble across a charity shop called Hope. (wheres the irony)

Whats more fasctinating is what was hidden inside. An almost warehouse building filled with second hand goodies.

Whilst browsing i speak to one of the staff just asking a price of a item. The lady kindly give me directions to a local cash point.

When i return i set to have another look around, just amazed with a giddy feeling inside as it was so unexpected. I find a beautiful olympus typewriter.

I ask the same lady how much is this? (I think its a fiver, she whispers)

Sold!!!

As we were talking about this said bargain, the lady starts going on about how it would look amazing in a set for a black and white photograph with the light casting down across it?

Are you an artist i ask? No, but i was once an art student.

It turns out the 'art charity lady' followed her art ambition to foundation and then had children but it was her passion and excitement that she really wants to get back into the art world.

I leave her with its never too late you know.

Birds

The Aviary