Cornelia Parker.

Cornelia parker is an English sculptor and installation artist. She is well known for her large scale installations. An example of one is ‘Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View’. This piece was a garden shed which she got blown up by the British Army and then suspended the fragments which represented the explosion as if it had stopped in time. A light was placed in the center of the piece which then created shadows on the wall. They way she presents her work hanging in the center of a room means that it interacts with the audience. You can walk around the piece of work and view the whole thing unlike with a painting or photograph where you would only view it from the front. It would also cause the viewer to get closer to the piece to see what objects are hanging.

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.

Pallant House visit.

These images show pieces of work from a visit to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. This visit was for us to gain information on how Civil Wars influenced artists at the time and the impact it had on civilians and surrounding land they lived on. I think that the exhibition was good because it displayed a good range of different styles and some of them had a very powerful meaning behind them.

Raoul Hausmann.

Raoul Hausmann born July 12th, 1886 was an Austrian writer and artist. He was one of the key of the Dada movement. He created many piece of different styles of work such as drawings, sculptures and photographs however he is know to be the creator of photomontages. A photomontage is where you bring together more than one photograph to create an illusion of an unreal subject. As well as photographs he also uses areas of collage and combines them all together. His pieces of work link to the theme of exquisite corpse because he creates unusual compositions and juxtaposed imagery. He was around when World War One was occurring which influenced his pieces and so of the images he uses are linked to it, such as weapons and German characters. I like the his work because I like the styles he uses and the combinations of materials that he incorporates. The images he brings together makes you look twice at the piece and to think about the meaning of it.
                                                                                          



This is his piece 'The Art Critic'. Within this piece he uses all the Dada techniques; collage, photomontage and typography. The background are German characters from a poster poem. The middle ground is cut out photos and the foreground is a figure of a man that is made up of photos and other collage elements. The text in the background makes the image stand out however because you cannot see all of it, it makes you consider what it says. When you first look at the image you may think that the item in his hand is a weapon, however when you look closer at it you can see that the item is just a utensil.  

Final piece health and safety.

Within my development and creating my final outcome there were some health and safety factors that I had to consider.

When working with the wire I had to be aware of the sharp ends and the ends that flung of when cutting the wire, so I had to work in a large area where there wasn't people.

When working with clay you have to consider 'COSHH' which is control of substances hazardous to health. The main hazard when working with clay is crystalline silica which is dust. Breathing in to much of this can cause silicosis which is a disease of the lungs. The hazards of this can be minimized by;

• Wearing a mask.
• Keeping exposure as low as possible by working away from others, using slurry bins, covering tables when working and washing surfaces, tools and equipment.
• Having a well ventilated room.

When I was merging the photography and illustrations together I had to use the programme Photoshop. Within the programme I used a range of tools including the 'magic wand tool' and the 'magnetic lasso' tool.