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Part 4, project 2, research task

22/02/202223/02/2022 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

To quote the course materials, this exercise is to “gain experience in working with very different source material and gain confidence in working with e-journals” and to gain a deeper understanding of “how artists ‘know’ their subject and how they use that knowledge.” The two references are: Donachie, Kaye. 2016. Behind her eyelids she sees something […]. J Contemporary Painting, 2, 1, pp11-20. Intellect. Morley, Simon. 2016. A ‘shimmering thing at the edge of analysis’: figure/ground and the paintings of Agnes Martin. J Contemporary Painting. 2, 1, pp 39-56. Intellect. The links in the course materials are not active but … Continue reading Part 4, project 2, research task

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Project 2 Physical texture – assemblage and the reconnection of disparate parts

31/12/202101/01/2022 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Dubuffet “advocated for “instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness”2 rather than analysis and reason, as well as closer proximity to nature and natural forms and the discarding of traditional notions of beauty. “Look at what lies at your … Continue reading Project 2 Physical texture – assemblage and the reconnection of disparate parts

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Part 4

05/07/2021 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I have fused the first two projects in this serendipitous piece which uses clothing material (nylon, possibly), paint peeled off a well-used palette, and strips taken from the OHP film I use to keep paint fluid while I need it. … Continue reading Part 4

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Part 3, project 2, becoming an image

10/06/2021 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Research point 2: Boo Ritson, Rachel Russell. Boo Ritson: my first feeling about these images (and what are they? sculptures, paintings, paintings of sculptures?) is a slight revulsion. They look dead but they also look strange and it occurs to me that they fall into that uncanny valley whereby something purportedly a human proxy, is too real to be a proxy but just misses being real. The idea that Ritson uses the sitter – body, hair, clothing – in her work gives me the creeps. Boo Ritson | Artnet Rachel Russell: is this her in the – what is it, … Continue reading Part 3, project 2, becoming an image

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Part 2, project 2, exercise 1.1 observe/record

19/05/2021 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Because I have difficulty even taking photos where this requires leaning at an angle, I have reinterpreted this task in terms of different groups of items rather than the same one from above/below and so forth. I know I can’t … Continue reading Part 2, project 2, exercise 1.1 observe/record

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Part 5, project 2, exercise 2 – adding materials from the environment

15/06/2020 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

This exercise is a real challenge because it’s about using floor space to dribble, drip, and splash paint onto from above. I have very little floor space, and five cats whose main function in life is to sit on or … Continue reading Part 5, project 2, exercise 2 – adding materials from the environment

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Part 4, project 2, exercise 2 – aerial perspective

26/05/2020 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Aerial perspective has nothing to do with dangling from a hang glider to make sketches. It’s about how tone and saturation bleed away with distance. Take a look at Turner’s Woman with a Tambourine (1840-50) – everything, including definition, loses … Continue reading Part 4, project 2, exercise 2 – aerial perspective

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Part 4, project 2, exercise 1 – line and perspective

25/05/2020 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I really should have turned over the page before making the previous painting! Still, this is about line being more important than colour which makes it different and also even more difficult as there’s nowhere to hide with just these … Continue reading Part 4, project 2, exercise 1 – line and perspective

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Part 3, project 2, exercise 4 – conveying character

01/04/2020 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

In the absence of available sitters, I turned to some sketches I made for my own interest during the Drawing module and chose a very characterful image I had found on the internet. I had drawn this person once in … Continue reading Part 3, project 2, exercise 4 – conveying character

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Part 3, project 2, exercise 3 – mood and atmosphere

27/03/2020 Suzanne Conboy-Hill

In the absence of any possibility of a live model, I looked through a number of art books with good colour plates to find a substitute. The one that drew my eye, largely because of the sullen expression of the … Continue reading Part 3, project 2, exercise 3 – mood and atmosphere

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