Carmen McNally's Art

John Pai This is a link to  John Pai  YouTube mini-documentary explaining the process of his creation. he goes on to say that he creates in the moment and that there is no set plan of how his sculpture will turn out. I really like the way Pai uses wire to make his beautiful structures. Some of them look like they belong in the ocean on the coral reef.  Even though I am creating loops I really want my piece to have some form to it.   Bernar Venet 'Three Indeterminate Lines' 1994 Rolled steel is the image directly below.  Bernar Venet- Three Indeterminate Lines  1994 Rolled steel 272 x 305 x 411.5 cm  Private collection, USA Exhibition: Sotheby’s at Isleworth, Florida, 2008 Bernar Venet-Three Indeterminate Lines 1990

  Bernar Venet I wanted to look at different ways to create a loop or spiral that represents the hoops and loophole system. I really like the work of Bernar Venet below as it is so simple, yet very effective just because of its sheer scale alone. I also like how it looks like the doodle drawing of a marker pen. 'Three Indeterminate Lines' 1994 Rolled steel is the image directly below.       Bernar Venet-Three Indeterminate Lines 1990 I think that if I am going to work with wire I will need to think about scale as I am working with simple shapes also, like Venet.

Ideas for my uncle's immigration issues An audio description below talks about the artists  Tim Noble and Sue Webster and how their work inspires my ideas for my uncles immigration issues . Transcript 00:00:00 Speaker 1 These two artists, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, are two london-based artists who collaborate turning rubbish into art. 00:00:12 Speaker 1 When I first look, I just see powers of random pieces of junk and waste, things that could be in the bottom of your draw just piled up together. Things from your rubbish bin. 00:00:27 Speaker 1 But I think it's this amazing how they've just so carefully crafted. 00:00:33 Speaker 1 These crisp. 00:00:37 Speaker 1 Costumes of Shadows of silhouettes of people. 00:00:41 Speaker 1 The trash in these works is real and confrontational. 00:00:47 And. 00:00:47 Speaker 1 Changing our out of sight out of mind, attitude towards waste. 00:00:54 Speaker 1 My project that I'm doing doesn't necess...

What does counterculture mean to me? I had never heard the word Counterculture before this brief, so I asked some friends and family if they knew what it was, and they all said no. After some research I now understand what counterculture means. As a black woman, I sometimes feel as though I'm supposed to do something about race. I tend to stay clear of politics but now doing the research I understand how connected they are. I see counterculture as a resistance. Creating a mind map helped me to look at all the subjects under the counterculture umbrella. The first idea was to create something to do with a sensitive subject which is my uncle who was with my nana for forty years and came to this country in his early twenties. He worked and paid his taxes and is now retired. When my nana passed away back in 2012 they tried to send him back to Liberia his birthplace which he had not been back to in over 40 years. This was a troubling time for my mum and me as he is our family. Fortunatel...

 

One of the most well-known modern art movements is  Cubism  which  was co-founded by the  20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Georges Braque's The Viaduct at L'Estaque (1907) is an early painting that marks his shift towards Cubism that  burst onto the scene in 1907-1908. This is a style he later developed with Pablo Picasso. The painting shows a scene in L'Estaque, a village in southern France, with a viaduct, which is the bridge with arches underneath, houses, and trees. What makes this painting special is how Braque breaks away from realistic details. Instead of painting things exactly as they look, he simplifies them into geometric shapes, like cubes and rectangles. The colours are earthy and work harmoniously together, with greens, browns, and yellows, giving the painting a feel of a warm, calm summer's day. The cool blue tones create depth to the painting, like he has done with the buildings in the horizon. It’s li...

Donald Rodney Exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary We visited Nottingham Contemporary today for an exhibition of the late Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker. Rodney’s work was spread over all rooms on the ground floor showcasing nearly all surviving artwork including sketchbooks, photographs and documents that addressed topics of racial identity, prejudice, masculinity, chronic illness and Britain's colonial past. I first entered the room showcasing his work ‘Flesh of My Flesh’ 1996. I didn’t quite know what I was looking at, at first. After reading about the photograph, I realised it was a large scar from his most recent hip operation. I found the message behind this piece to be really powerful. Reading that the scar was evidence of malpractice: over-stitching by a reckless surgeon who apparently felt that Black skin required more work since it was “tougher” than white skin. On either side of the scar are electronic microscopic photos of a knot of human hairs, one belonging to Rodn...

 After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024 Exhibition We visited the Bonnington gallery today where they exhibited the work of 26 artists spanning over 35 years and curated by Johny Pitts. The exhibition looks at the lives of the working class from their own perspective rather than from an outsider who hasn't experienced this type of life.   When I first walked into the gallery, it was quite bright with spotlights from the ceiling. The walls were painted black followed by a black and white checkered floor and a yellow display case that was made to look like a DJ booth.  It felt like going back in time walking into a club scene back in the 90's before the party started. There was also a boom box playing Reggae, Old skool Garage and other genres from the 90's that were recorded by Johny Pitts big sister Chantal Pitts from a pirate radio in Sheffield. These were originally on cassette tape that Pitts digitalised. I was born in 1981 and spen...