A Brief Discussion on Study No. 1
I've put off this small self-discussion of Study No. 1 for a while, mainly because I've been quite busy with several different things. However, I've got some time to spare tonight before I prepare Study No. 2 for the weekend. So without further adieu, a brief talk on the work:
The idea for Study No. 1 came subconsciously, though my interest to work with paracetamol has been longstanding, and is evident in my two series of White on White photographs. I've always intended them to be aesthetic devices and they had no real "meaning" beyond suggesting themes of urban, drug or skateboarding subcultures. With Study No. 1, I really wanted to take the use of paracetamol to a much bigger level. Here, it represents a sort of pointillism-inspired way of looking at the formal elements of sculpture (especially form, colour and spatial relationships). In this way, I was largely inspired by the De Stijl movement and the thoughts and philosophies behind that. In addition, the site specific work of Richard Serra has always played a large part in influencing the work that I make. In this regard, his use of street/public space has influenced the direction I took with this work, though I have also recently been drawn to the work of Banksy.
I was also re-inspired by Kazimir Malevich, who I referenced in White on White. In that I work, I was largely looking at processes of interpretaon, and the idea of emotional versus intellectual responses. Malevich intended his work to bypass themes and whatnot to purely evoke the emotions and spirituality of responders. I don't think I am so far removed as Malevich intended. It is evident that I am still playing with the connotations of drug and skateboarding subcultures by the mere placement of the sculpture in a skate bowl.
In fact, the working title for this work was The Kids Are Alright -- a tongue-in-cheek reference to the vivid (and some would argue fetishised) representation of such subcultures in Larry Clark's film Kids. Having grown up in a skating subculture, I know personally that the extremity of living such a life consisted of Mario Kart and Doritos.
Short (and probably incomplete) list of key inspirations:
The idea for Study No. 1 came subconsciously, though my interest to work with paracetamol has been longstanding, and is evident in my two series of White on White photographs. I've always intended them to be aesthetic devices and they had no real "meaning" beyond suggesting themes of urban, drug or skateboarding subcultures. With Study No. 1, I really wanted to take the use of paracetamol to a much bigger level. Here, it represents a sort of pointillism-inspired way of looking at the formal elements of sculpture (especially form, colour and spatial relationships). In this way, I was largely inspired by the De Stijl movement and the thoughts and philosophies behind that. In addition, the site specific work of Richard Serra has always played a large part in influencing the work that I make. In this regard, his use of street/public space has influenced the direction I took with this work, though I have also recently been drawn to the work of Banksy.
I was also re-inspired by Kazimir Malevich, who I referenced in White on White. In that I work, I was largely looking at processes of interpretaon, and the idea of emotional versus intellectual responses. Malevich intended his work to bypass themes and whatnot to purely evoke the emotions and spirituality of responders. I don't think I am so far removed as Malevich intended. It is evident that I am still playing with the connotations of drug and skateboarding subcultures by the mere placement of the sculpture in a skate bowl.
In fact, the working title for this work was The Kids Are Alright -- a tongue-in-cheek reference to the vivid (and some would argue fetishised) representation of such subcultures in Larry Clark's film Kids. Having grown up in a skating subculture, I know personally that the extremity of living such a life consisted of Mario Kart and Doritos.
Short (and probably incomplete) list of key inspirations:
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