Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Artist Statement and Link to my photos


Tsianina
Painting
For this conceptual set of images I wanted to show how I paint using my body as the story teller. Frequently when I paint I find strange impressions on my legs from keeping my wrist with bracelets squished between my legs, or I find myself sitting on my keys without noticing. I find strange impressions on my feet and calves from the shoes that I was wearing and took off. I also get impressions on my forearm from whatever bracelets I was wearing that day. And I always find paint somewhere on my body, usually on my thighs, where I often wipe my hands or brushes off. For the parameters I only photographed imprints and paint smears that happened naturally, no intentional marks on my body. Also, I only photographed myself when I was painting cats and noticed a strange impression or a paint smear. And I only photographed myself in my own home.
I’m not entirely sure if this is actually a conceptual set of images, but I set parameters and had an idea in mind. If I were to continue doing this I think I would have a lot more interesting photographs to add to the project, as I remember having a small flower impression on my cheek from resting my head on the hand I have a flower ring on. I think it would be fun to record how my body changes as I do something I really love. Daily I usually have some kind of oil paint still on me from the previous night, and I think it would be interesting to see all of them together in an album. I think the images are successful, and I really enjoy that many of them are very abstract and some even look a bit like landscapes. I don’t know how successful this project is as conceptual art. Concept art isn’t really my thing. I don’t really get concepts. When I do art I usually just do it to do it, or to make something for someone, or make something I’ve been imagining into something tangible.


Link to photos:
https://www.adoberevel.com/shares/d65ae50079f8466bbfd24e43a914aff6/albums/d1c95099a95d49968f4f44fc7b70ec9b

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