Rene Magritte

When Jo and I were sat reading through the first part of Art & Text, they mentioned the work of Rene Magritte and his painting “The Treachery of Images”. Painted underneath are the… Continue reading →

Christopher Wool

Christopher Wool’s work pulled me in because he likes to get a reaction from the viewer with the words he uses such as”Fuck” and “Sex”. His work was so simple, yet could create… Continue reading →

Claus Carstensen

Another artist I came across was Claus Carstensen. What stood out me the most about a few pieces of his work was the hand written/drawn aspects. I thought that it added a personalised… Continue reading →

Doug Aitken

When flicking through the Art and Text book with Jo, I came across the artist Doug Aitken. I liked the way that he created the text out of the image rather than instead… Continue reading →

Ed Ruscha

    Ed Ruscha was an artist that was introduced to me by my friend, Lauren, while we were sat thinking of ideas. She had previously working with text within her work and… Continue reading →

Initial research and a little tutorial (FMP)

As at first I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with my final project, Lauren decided to help me with a quick mind map of ideas and different ways I could… Continue reading →

Neco Z Alenky (1988)

Last week, Taryn did a presentation about her work in the screening room and then went on to nominate a film for the afternoon; the Czech version of Alice in wonderland, Neco Z… Continue reading →

Final Major Project: introduced

At the mention of Final Major Project (FMP), I have to admit, I was pretty scared at first. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do, or which direction I was going… Continue reading →

Mano Mclaughlin

A few weeks ago, Jamie booked a live music act to perform in our TV studio. We were to film his performance, photograph him and interview him. I chose to photograph him, so… Continue reading →

FMP: Image Music Text

I mentioned to Jamie that I was interested in basing my Final Major Project on the relationship between imagery and text. So straight away he told me to go and look at a… Continue reading →