Seeing the artworks and concepts orchestrated by my class peers has been phenomenal. Although my Shaun Crit session was held online due to the recent restrictions proposed by the COVID guidelines, I have found the Shaun Crit classes to have been opportunist to explore elements of your own work, collate feedback from lecturers and peers and see the works of others. Sharing our processes, hardships and final works of art has enabled there to be seminars held and opinions to be shared and addressed other than just my own.
Having eyes other than my own study the nature of my work and the technical application employed, allows room for improvement and progression. Seeing that each of us are facing the same difficulties in being confined to the spaces of our homes, further ensues that I am not alone, nor are my peers. I have found it quite liberating to see the variation within the class, themes of beauty, oppression, daily life, feminism, identity etc. It truly has been an insightful experience, though we cannot visit galleries externally, its lovely to have a platform online in which we share our work and experiences together. I adore seeing the assemblage of mediums and processes each artist has used, seeing the means of their visual expression come to play is something I favour and cherish.
In a work environment it can be hard not to compare yourself to your colleagues, but this year I have focused on exhibiting what I want to do. I have spent years oppressing further displays of creativity due to being a perfectionist but now I just do. I found myself and procrastination to be my worst critics and there shan't be anymore of that. I have stopped comparing skillsets and work loads. The importance lies not in technical ability, but in expressing ones self. Fine art is a subjective area, opinions are warranted and I have found in the recent years people have been void of just experiencing the work. The Shaun Crit has shown that regardless of skillset, theme or body of work we are all in this together; we each have our own concerns but we don't need to oppress, instead we can express. We each have value.
Moreover, having had the opportunity to see the process of each artists alongside finished works, has admitted a sense of indulgence to the raw process and the journey. Some works in progress are works of art themselves and seeing such can evoke a new perception of the work and the artist. Hearing the opinions of my peers and lectures is imperative to the construction of my work, Shaun Crit issues a sample simulation of what exhibiting our work to the public could be like. All in all I found the Crit to be a great success in assisting my process.
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