Final images – composition and narrowing down finals
grouped together imagery in size and techniques to bring together the composition.
Final Outcomes
New found thesis- Vocative Art Theory
Inspired by visual methodologies, lancan and ponty.
My developing art theory has been sculpted over the course 5 years of research and practical development, since the second year of my first art course, I have been interested and passionate about aesthetics, visuals and how this impacts the mind. The concept in reference has been growing in relation to psychology and the meaning, purpose and definition of art – playing a role in each of my projects as it develops.
After reading and synthesising the ideas and concepts of my literature sources, I discovered a gap in the field of art and psychology, particularly the process of which psychotherapists use art as a method of investigating mental health and the way in which we explore ourselves through art generally. These are both an opportunity for psychoanalysis. The Process of which we call on our unconscious through conscious interactions is what I have coined as ‘Vocative art theory’.
Psychoanalysts such as Freud believed mental health issues lie between the conscious and unsconcious therefore methods used to surface unsconcious were applied within treatmeants, meaning the term applies to both psychoanalysis and surrealist/outsider arts. Throughout my research I have read mulitple papers on visuals and psychoanalysis refering to this term through indepth discussion, I feel the term vocaticve fits well.
‘Vocative’ in english –
relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.
I feel the term vocative in art refers to the addressing of the unconscious, by exploring alls forms of art, we are calling on the different parts of ourselves that make up our mind, and since the conscious is already present, the unconsicous is all that can be called upon, surfacing the role of psychoanalysis in art and in that, art therapy.
Furthering Development
After concluding my art therapy/outsider art workshops, I felt it was appropriate to begin exploring new
Sewing into photography
Scratching away areas using wood carving tools
Bleaching the materials I scratched
Bleaching photography
Developing the material by combining techniques
Producing Illustrations
After selecting the final 25 images from my photo’s, I began to roughly sketch out proportions and composition of each piece. I used good quality, off white thick paper for a vintage aesthtic furthering a sense of past within the works.
I drew all the images in pencil first, once I had my body of drawings I began to fill around areas and add detail using black sharpies and fine liner for sharp and distant details.
I felt inspired by Bob Dylans works while creating these, recreating scenes through imaginative lines and form, this inspiration allowed me to focus on the core moment of the image, dimissing straight and perfect lines/form to add true character and expression of Northenden Village.
Here are a few final images
Artist response work
Yayoi Kusama Response
Acknowledging shapes and stains walls stains and forms imagry
update with scanned in outlined imagery
Inner self-Portrait painting – inspired by Edvard Munch and the Proudfoot brothers.
Here I focused on form and colour drawing through emotional connotations from my colour wheel.
Colour Poetry
Illustrations inspired by O’keefe – harnessing emotions as visuals, a mental depiction of feeling.
edvard munch outsider art focused on form and color of the mind
I created a small booklet to fill with response illustrations in reference to my emotion colour wheel, I focused on moments of varying feeling from my past, such as nostalgia or past views of myself.
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