Max Ernst.

Max Ernst was a painter, sculptor and printmaker who was one of the leading Surrealists and was also a pioneer of Dada. He was a soldier in World War 1 and was traumatized by this time. These themes of his vision of the modern world being irrational became the basis of his artwork. The subject of his work also included his personal traumas. This style to paint from the sub conscious was the basis of his Surrealists works and this then influenced the Abstract Expressionists. He was inspired by the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico. He was also interested in the art of the mentally ill.   After constantly experimenting Ernst invented the technique known as frottage. His work links to the theme of exquisite corpse because he looks at juxtaposed imagery.

COSHH and Health and Safety at Work Act.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/
http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm

Analysing the brief.

This assignment has asked me to think of my own theme and create a well executed piece of work to show the best of my abilities. The purpose of the brief is to assist me in knowing what to do to achieve the highest standard of work at the best grades. The purpose of my piece of work is to show the style of work I like working with showing my strengths. My piece of work will be displayed in rooms 532-537 in North West 2 building at South Downs College. In the space that is being used to exhibit the pieces it is a white room. There are many qualities in the rooms which are good for exhibiting work such as; natural light, high ceilings and it is airy and spacious. It is only a temporary gallery space. I could possibly use 2 sides of a space, however the piece cant be too large scale because of the limited amount of space. The audience that will be viewing the work are parents and students, general public ranging from young to old, also other schools and new students as well. When presenting my work I need to think about the needs of the audience. The work and exhibition space needs to be clean, well presented and professional. It should be able to show a journey of the artist. There needs to be communication explaining the piece, this is what an artists statement is for. As the work is being exhibited in an educational setting the piece cannot be offensive, obscene and it can't contain graphic text or imagery.