Mediums -
Gesso Primed Canvas, Fine Casting Plastered Hands & Expanding Foam
Why is the piece titled 'Colourless Dream.' -
As the title suggests, this art piece is lacking pigment and inhabits a monochromatic complexion. Originally 'Colourless Dream.' had been a preparation prior to painting a piece which is discussed in the next blog post. The expanding foam was dispersed around the perimeter of the canvas following no voluntary pattern, I wanted to employ elements of systematic art through my application. The term systematic is applied loosely, as the means for the nature of systematic art is to characterise work by the use of pattern or standardised form. However, I had accidentally engaged with the process of systematic art, through observing a state of automatism during the administration. I wanted to detail the organic, sporadic nature of the foam which I feel has been accomplished; alongside hinting toward the notion of a lucid, dream like environment.
The casted hands take grasp over the framing of the canvas, as to refer to a display of persistence and yearning. A somewhat mundane, blank canvas lays before the hands, seeming to hinder their progress; the canvas is a somewhat large platform, exhibiting an aggregate of ambiguity. The bottom of the canvas is engulfed by the swirls of copious amounts of expanding foam, gesturally conversing between one another within a tumultuous harmony.
Despite being just a snapshot of the preparations for a painting, find this piece to be a work of art in its own right. I am quite content with the themes conjured through the making of this piece, and the dissimilarities the preparations have to the final outcome (shown on the next post) I am especially pleased with the textures exacerbated by the expanding foam, implementing an area of intrigue.
Though this composition can not be exhibited as it was a documentation of the priming for a painting, had I the opportunity to create a copy of this piece I would. I would have the piece overstretched in front of a white space, appearing to come out from the wall. I believe this would be an intriguing way to exhibit the piece, and would further elevate the surreal abstraction bestowed upon the surface.
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