Kathryn., BVA303

Kathryn., BVA303

INTRO for mapping essay.

TITLE

Portrait and Painter                                          

How can I convey a visual idea of a relationship to create a visible bond between portrait and painter?

Proposed Key Question

My research explores how I can interrogate the notion of the portrait as a visual representation of the relationship between painter and a model. This will be action-ed through the attempted painted depiction of the long-term female friendships I have with two woman.

For This year’s research I am wanting to develop the idea of a relationship between the artist and three important female models who are close to me. To develop the relationship through portraits. To explore and express a surrealist idea of a portrait and what that relationship means to me.To create and express a sister hood between myself and these two other female models. Hopefully it will conclude into conveying a journey into the sub-conscious mind to explain the visual idea of the bond between myself as the painter and the depiction of the two other models (Ema and Sam). 

Rationale

The idea of a sister-hood is mainly influenced by my family background. I have not had the best of lives growing up as from the start my family was broken and had been abandoned by blood. So I have always lived by the idea of my friends are my family blood or not. So by creating a "sister-hood" its the understanding of trust that lies with these two models Ema and Sam. without their influence or their help, I wouldn't have been where I am standing today. To show the trust of this inner circle of family I have forged and created for myself and my own well-being. Along with showing the inner persona behind this idea of the sister hood to create a new kind of Identity into my works.

This has been a re-occurring theme throughout my years studying at SIT. firstly it was delivered of how can I create a visual idea of the "Inner Persona" using the "Sub-conscious" mind to create a new form of portraiture. This created an interest to help me improve and grow with my own painting skills to reach out of the box. Along with the want to try and understand how we depict the ones closes to us with our own imagination. To dive into the questions of how I think they are depicted and why they look like that to me, with the use of emotions and imagination. What I hope to achieve with this idea is that the audience can feel or know that their is a bond between myself (as the painter) and the models (as a portrait). The relationship I am wanting to construct is the form of a friendship or even sister-hood. The idea of that unspoken bond between the person you are familiar to that you are painting. That relationship that can form the idea of friends are family, who you look up to or idealize. Or who makes up your own personality or another identity of yourself.

Surrealism is a 20^th era Advant-Garde movement in art and literature to release the potential of the “sub-conscious mind”. Which begun in the early 1920s. How I will be interpreting this into the undertaking of my own works?  The subconscious is the part of the mind. Us as humans every body is different, we are not fully aware of what we think it means but it influences how feelings, actions or even how visual ideas are portrayed.

Methodology 

Heuristic thinking is how I work within my art. This is the act of doing or doing the work without thinking. In the case of not knowing what I am doing I will be writing down notes of why I did it that way or how? Along with consistently sketching ideas to help form a structure to draw ideas for my exhibited works. This helps enable me to do this artwork and figure out what I am trying to answer myself. I will be answering questions Such as why have I used the idea of ribs? Does it mean anything to me? Or do I like the aesthetic look of the shape of ribs? To try and understand why my own sub-consciousness is portraying it that way.

Carl Gustav Jung, A well known Swiss psychiatrist once said “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” As one of my art theorist I embrace this quote inevitably. As it helps me understand a little just what I am trying to create with my portraits. The idea of a new identity or personality between the sister-hood of three woman (myself included). To create that "chemical reaction" and to "transform"  it into a new identity.

Documentation

This research will be approached by active documentation that will be blogged alongside the project. images of the progress of my work will be attached with the blog. Along with documenting artist models and how the relate to my work. heuristic and experimental thinking will be focused on through-out the documentation of my works. This will be experiments with painting such as finger painting, mixing sketching with painting, or working on three paintings at the same time so the level of progression does not change. other experiments will include facial merging of my own face with Ema and Sam’s faces.Then referencing my portraiture paintings with the facial merges of the faces. This will be concluded with active annotating of the outcomes of these experiments. Along with active questioning of why I am doing it a particular way? How? or What? to see if I can learn from the experiment or if it is a positive outcome to add to my work. 

Organisation

Feed back so far from Kathryn.

The highlighted yellow is Kathryn's annotations and feedback... What I need to work on.

Portrait and Painter                                          

My research explores how I can interrogate the notion of the portrait as a visual representation of the relationship between painter and a model. This will be action-ed through the attempted painted depiction of the long-term female friendships I have with two woman.

Sharla, I think a bit more research is needed here, the writing is a little unfocused and reads as fragments of ideas put together. Find some artists/associated practices/theories that reflect on this idea of a portrait being a representation of a relationship e.g. you are depicting more than a physical appearance –more of a feeling about the physical (bodily) and emotional relationship you have as friends. Remember your dissertation needs to convey a researched argument rather than personal opinion. I suggest you put the headings in the criteria in to help you structure each section clearly. This will also make it easier for me to navigate and provide you with feedback.

For this year’s research I am wanting to develop the idea of a relationship between the artist and three important female models who are close to me. To develop the relationship through portraits. To explore and express a surrealist idea (what is the surrealist idea?) of a portrait and what that relationship means to me. To create and express a sister hood between myself and these two other female models (this is not a full and complete sentence). Hopefully it will conclude into I attempt to convey a journey into the sub-conscious mind (this needs further explanation e.g. journey into sub-conscious in what way – define and explain how this is relevant to your question.)to explain the visual idea of the bond between myself as the painter and the depiction of the two other models (Ema and Sam). 

This has been a re-occurring theme throughout my years studying at SIT. firstly it was delivered of how can I create a visual idea of the "Inner Persona" using the "Sub-conscious" mind to create a new form of portraiture. This created an interest to help me improve and grow with my own painting skills to reach out of the box. Along with the want to try and understand how we depict the ones closes to us with our own imagination. To dive into the questions of how I think they are depicted and why they look like that to me, with the use of emotions and imagination. What I hope to achieve with this idea is that the audience can feel or know that their is a bond between myself (as the painter) and the models (as a portrait). The relationship I am wanting to construct is the form of a friendship or even sister-hood. The idea of that unspoken bond between the person you are familiar to that you are painting. That relationship that can form the idea of friends are family, who you look up to or idealize. Or who makes up your own personality or another identity of yourself.

Surrealism is a 20^th era Advant-Garde movement in art and literature to release the potential of the “sub-conscious mind”. Which begun in the early 1920s. How I will be interpreting this into the undertaking of my own works?  The subconscious is the part of the mind. Us as humans every body is different, we are not fully aware of what we think it means but it influences how feelings, actions or even how visual ideas are portrayed.

Heuristic thinking is how I work within my art. This is the act of doing or doing the work without thinking. See previous feedback – include example of what heuristic research is and then explain more clearly how this relates to your project.  In the case of not knowing what I am doing I will be writing down notes of why I did it that way or how? Along with consistently sketching ideas to help form a structure to draw ideas for my exhibited works. This helps enable me to do this artwork and figure out what I am trying to answer myself. I will be answering questions Such as why have I used the idea of ribs? Does it mean anything to me? Or do I like the aesthetic look of the shape of ribs? To try and understand why my own sub-consciousness is portraying it that way.

Carl Gustav Jung, A well known Swiss psychiatrist once said “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” As one of my art theorist I embrace this quote inevitably. As it helps me understand a little just what I am trying to create with my portraits. The idea of a new identity or personality between the sister-hood of three woman (myself included). To create that "chemical reaction" and to "transform"  it into a new identity.

This research will be approached by active documentation that will be blogged alongside the project. images of the progress of my work will be attached with the blog. Along with documenting artist models and how the relate to my work. heuristic and experimental thinking will be focused on through-out the documentation of my works. This will be experiments with painting such as finger painting, mixing sketching with painting, or working on three paintings at the same time so the level of progression does not change. other experiments will include facial merging of my own face with Ema and Sam’s faces.Then referencing my portraiture paintings with the facial merges of the faces. This will be concluded with active annotating of the outcomes of these experiments. Along with active questioning of why I am doing it a particular way? How? or What? to see if I can learn from the experiment or if it is a positive outcome to add to my work.