Francis Bacon

With out a doubt one of the most important figures in 20th century British painting. Bacons main subject matter is the human condition in an existentialist context. Bacons figures are isolated from their environment and struggle with the the fact of their existence. Bacon uses distortion and a sense of tension in his images,to create a strong impact on the visual senses first,before the viewer is given the opportunity to undertake an intellectual analysis of the image. It is interesting that Bacon used secondary sources eg photographs to create such vibrant paintings.

Conclusion to weathering.

Conclusion to weathering investigation started on 28. 12. 2012.

Personal reflection on K Kobro

The following quote from Katarzyna Kobro in 1937 has influenced my perception and observations of the architecture of Limerick and other cities..."The task of a spatial composition,is the shaping of forms,which can be translated into life. The spatial composition is a laboratory experiment that will define the architecture of future cities. "Photos taken during journeys around Limerick city.

Robert Rauschenberg combines

Read a description of this artists,artistic intension to day...."to fill in the gap between life and art". Questioning the distinction between art and every day life,in the manner of Duchamp's Fountain. Rauschenberg also challenges us to question the role of the artist as creator in creating arts meaning. Rauschenberg in his sculptural practise uses found objects and more importantly found images,these are changed by the context in which the artist employes them and they are transformed into something new. I believe a working knowledge of this artists practise is of great importance in gaining an understanding of the concepts explored in contemporary art.

Felice Varini further research.

Felice Varini.

This artist explores a visual paradoxical experience of perceiving space ,by employing projector stencil techniques to impose two dimensional geometrical shapes on to a three dimensional space. The complete shape can only be viewed from one vantage point. Viewing from any other point will result in the fragmentation of the image. The artist has used this anamorphosis technique within very large architectural spaces. I find the concept of an optical tension between two and three dimensional perceptions of space very interesting.

Katarzyna Kobro.

Became familiar with this artist through my research on R. H. Quaytman. While this artist is not contemporary,having died in 1951,the ideas and concepts that the artist was investigating and her approach are still very relevant to contemporary art and very relevant to the project. Kobro was a proponent of the theory unitism that states that sculpture does not exist for its own sake,it's aim being to sculpt space. I find the artists method of using her sculptural materials to what could be described as drawing lines to sculpt and divide space very effective. The sculptures absorb and penetrate space at once.

Reflections on N. Toroni.

I never tier of reflecting on this artists practise,it is interesting that during the previous video he describes how in the past he has incorporated the effect of weathering on his artistic process.

Further research on N. Toroni.

Reflections on painting. R. H. Quaytman.

"The problem since the very beginning upon leaving art school,was how to reinvent some rules,how to continue with abstraction but also introduce perspective. This led me to the problem,how to paint a painting that was not founded on bounded oneness, but contingent on different structures
,wether architectural ,optical or biographical. Making a painting which could be altered by its neighbour,became the way to make a painting. I was aware of the ego of the painting ,where it says its monocular one,and I've always thought thats something that could be disrupted,something you could think about and change........extract from an interview with the artist in Museo magazine by Paulua Pabocha 2010.