A Day Out- Dublin

I know its taken a while to publish this post but i've been swept up by the festive season but here it is.

So, last week me and my girlfriend, Mollie finally decided to explore galleries in Dublin as it is something that has been said that we should now do as developing artists and I do agree. This is mainly because I now appreciate more the processes and techniques used by various artists within the Hugh Lane Gallery and the National Gallery Of Ireland. 

Granted I had already visited both these galleries before on various secondary school trips but i thought it would be beneficial for me more now and i did find my views had changed between this trip and my last.

The Hugh Lane Gallery

This, I have to say is probably my favourite gallery I have visited because of the sheer abundance of art within the space as well as the quality of art in the museum.

What I guess above all attracts me to the gallery is the unique site of Francis Bacon's studio, relocated to the centre of a gallery in Dublin. 

For me, and Mollie will tell you this, it is so hard to describe the feelings i am overcome when i view this place as you are shown the living and working conditions of a man who dedicated his life to art. As well as this you are drawn into a mystery, asking questions such as "what is on the other side of that slashed canvas?" or "how much is this room worth?" 

There are also several Bacon works within the gallery filled with emotion and impeccable skill including man untitled work such as this one: 

There are also many other works in the gallery including work from some of the past 200 years finest artists such as Claude Monet, Eduard Degas and Auguste Rodin. There is also a whole exhibition dedicated to Sean Scully although his work, i'm not so keen on.

This however is my favourite piece in the gallery and I really am amazed that on close inspection you can see every brush stroke Monet made on this canvas, almost as if we become connected to the artist.

The National Gallery Of Ireland

Broken up into Irish and European art this gallery runs through several hundred years of art showcasing some of the finest works of art throughout the last few decades from Paul Henry to Caravaggio. 

The most captivating part of this gallery for me is the Jack B.Yeats collection showing so many of his paintings including some of my personal favourties 'the singing horseman' and 'men of destiny' 

The european collection also incorporates a  Pablo Picasso image amongst the works which I also loved as I am a huge fan of the Artist.

I am really glad I took time out to re-visit these galleries as nothing compares to the real thing and i'm glad i've found new appreciation to art I never really gave a second glance to.

Mollies Blog: http://molliepsinnott.blogspot.ie/

Semester rewind

Wow, semester one over all ready...what a blur, but what an amazing experience at the same time. Looking all the way back to induction week it is hard to believe that I was there three months ago so in a sense it gives me a boost that I have done alot of work in this time. 

I also find comfort in the fact that, in retrospect, I can see how my work has gone from idea to idea in a linear progression and that I have developed skills and interests that I never would have gotten in any other course because my original 'first choice' of Visual Communications now rests third in my list of preferred subjects. 

I have also had the chance to do things I never thought I would have done such as sewing and print.

However I have got to experience the other side of college, the social aspect. Granted, this was probably the side I looked forward most and I did/do really enjoy socialising but I have found that I prefer doing more positive things such as art + design which I really have a passion for. Of course, I did still enjoy a tipple or two.

heres to semester two...

Fusion

 

So after looking at my two piece and the images I collected from it i decided to do something that would incorporate these pictures on the 3-D forms i had within my boxes.

So What i decided to do was map the images of the courtyard on to 3-D shapes as if to make a viewer think he is looking into the courtyard when really he's staring at a cardbord box.

This also changes the subject of the box and makes it appear to be something different to the previous, simpler appearence.

 

It was challenging to translate a 2D image onto a 3D surface but for the most part it seemed to have worked. However there are one or two that are slightly out but together they work well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mirrors!

Follow the construction of my box I decided to take the idea of a forced view a bit further and incorporate mirrors and reflections. What the use of mirrors helps me do is create a unique and unusual view such as viewing the outside space upside down or even mirroring one half of it.

This unusual portrayal of a space changes our view of it and how it is perceived within our minds.

I also chose to incorporate my 3-D shapes to bring this piece back to its origin which was the shapes in a much smaller environment. This time though the shapes appear differently as I layered them in tin foil to act as a reflective surface (well....sort of) to reflect what was coming in from outside. The foil and mirror also worked well off of each other.

Super Size Me

Following a tutorial this week I was persuaded to try and think 'outside the box' (cheap pun i know) and take my project up to the next level by making something that could not be displayed and fiddled with at my desk, instead it would need a much larger space and be so noticeable that you cant really avoid it.

I suppose it was always in my mind to do something like this and I did have many ideas for a larger piece but i guess i never really thought that with one week left I would be able to radically take my project up a gear but I'm thankful that I did and I'm now happy that my project has finally progressed to were I wanted it to and to where I knew it could go.

So how did I do it I here you ask....

Well, the recent developments within my project have brought me to the idea of 'forced perception' where i put a viewpoint to a viewer and whether they like it or not, they have to look at it. I guess in a way my project has always been like that although I've only really noticed it now. So, as I was saying it was time to take this idea out of my comforting studio space and blow it up.

here is what i produced.

By blocking out (almost) everything around the box and decorating it in a black colour I managed to elimate anywhere for the eye to go to except for the triangle where their eye is instinctively drawn to. By doing this I am forcing a viewpoint onto the viewer by standing in an allocated spot therefore issuing a perception of the outside space upon them .

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Perception: The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.

Here I am forcing people to become aware of a space how I basically tell them to.