Critical Annotation of an Online Dossier of Artists
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For my blog I have selected a number of artists whose art practice is relevant to my own.
First of all, I would like to mention such a framework as subject that embraces my collection of artists. Here they explore relationships between people, often between a man and woman. In a symbolic way they speak about connections and disconnections, attraction and disillusion, tragedy and trauma.
Secondly, I put such a category as mood (feeling or atmosphere) that unites all works in the dossier as well as my own pieces. I can feel how these artworks trigger my senses and evoke my inner dialogue. Some works are not comforting at all, they are controversial, provocative and uncanny such as Jeorge Rouy’s portraits or Chang En- Zu Fairytale princesses.
Thirdly, in terms of technique Louise Bourgeois gouaches (“Couple”, 2007) where she lets the medium create and shape the painting are relevant to my experiments with ink and watercolour. I find mystery in letting the paint flow and drip and do an artist’s job. Fascinating is Kusama’s use of dots and colours that finally led her to a phenomenal collaboration with Louis Vuitton in 2022. I use dot and drop stencils on top of my paintings and this technique gives an extra level of meaning. I found revolutionary the play between a figure and surroundings (George Clooney almost merges with the interior in a photo-session for LV). It gives me an insight to the potential of a dot and themes for my further exploration of a dot or other simple shapes.
In terms of composition all the works are different, but the key is the main idea. Once it is expressed - an artist has achieved his aim. Most of the artists in my collection are interested in portraying essential human feelings and emotions such as ecstasy, despair, drama, affection. In my opinion emotions unite and link humans allover the world, easing a border between an artist, art work and viewer.
This dossier enables me to see my own art practice in a critical way, helps me to crystallise my expressive means and gives a solid structure in composition, colour choice, mediums and scales. I can find support in other artists experiments in expressing their inner world. I’m mostly oriented on oil on canvas examples, but I admire the use of different materials, as embroidery and threads on textile (Chang En- Tzu). This encourages me to step aside from canonic and classical painting and stop limiting myself within one or two key mediums.
All the artworks in my blog have informed and enriched my own practice and gave inspiration for future development. Thus, Guiseppe Penone Imprints of Light (currently at Gagosian Paris) have transformed my view on prints that I usually acquired by stencils. I will research his methods further and probably make some changes in my technique. I’m very grateful to Critical Frameworks course for numerous insights and a feast for the eye and mind.
Photo credit: Alexandra Nosova, RMIT group crits, 2023. Painting/dyptich: Alexandra Nosova, Pierced Bubble I and II, inc on paper, 2023.
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