WEEK 3 - Artist's work in gallery

New building - textures and gallery

Initially I created 4 sets of stairs, however the two that I liked the best were in different buildings, thus, I joined the two to create one building using both the stairs. Furthermore, I changed the one staircase in order to utilize the wall by making the person walk through the wall half way down, finishing the staircase on the other side, looking out at the artworks.

Above ground: The top level is a studio, dedicated to Hall's and Gascogine's works that demand more space and light. The level is open to natural surroundings, and incorporates large open areas allowing them to create works using appropriate natural light, and artificial light if needed. In addition, there are tables and cupboards inside the slanted buildings, for storage of equipment and works.

In between: The Gallery space is open, and allows natural light to enter through the walls. The staircase has been position so that as one walks down the stairs, they over look the gallery. One enters the gallery not by a door, but rather by walking over the hill and under the monument into the gallery space. The gallery space has very little closure, purposely done allowing one to consider and appreciate the surroundings that they have created their works in.

Below: The studio below has many different enclosed areas created by triangles. Hall and Gascogine can work within these spaces, store equipment and artworks in these as well. In addition they can be used for film and photography. 2 triangle spaces have purposely been created as cupboards for storage of equipment. This gallery is underground, however only 3/4's of the walls are underground, allowing natural light to enter the level.This furthermore creates a potent juxtaposition between the earth underground and vegetation above ground, as the transparent walls allows one to see this contrast.

36 textures

Above: scaly, sparkly, smooth, smudged, soft, glossy, flexible, embossed, furry

In between: ruff, layered, veiny, stained, grainy, metallic, light, sleek, transparent

Below: rigid, sharp, jagged, spiky, scratched, hard, crumble, elastic, wood

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WEEK 2 - Sketch up images - focus on stairs

Stair sections

Material choice of Hall and Gascoigne's work

This work is from Fiona Hall's collection "leaf litter," a series of 183 bank notes from around the world. Each note has had its native plant carefully and delicately painted on to the exact scale of the original leaf. In this series, hall draws on the relationships between the natural world and the commercial world. Hall has purposely created an effect of transparency through the leaf to depict that while money is imperative in our society, often overriding environmental concerns, plants are often the raw material for generating this income. Leaf Litter aligns the distribution of plant species with the distribution of monetary wealth, and moreover gives a new meaning to the saying, “money doesn’t grow on trees”, as it allows the responder to question this notion.

Rosalie Gascoigne’s material choice mostly includes found objects as she stated that her art making materials “need to have been open to the weather.” Subsequently her artworks consist of iron, wood, feathers, shells, road signs and wires. However, these objects depict a representation of elements of her world. Gascoigne’s “Tidal” consists of 31 arcs, made of wood, layered on top on painted plywood. The work alludes to rejuvenation and discovery of the environment around you, as the objects are symbolic of the environment Gascoigne was in when creating the work and her mentality at the time.

WEEK 1 - 9 sections + 3D sketch up model

Top left: Ripe, damaged
Top right: Ripe, Commercialization
Bottom left: Ripe, eradicate
Bottom right: Discover, damaged
Top left: Discover, eradicate
Top right: Rejuvenation, damaged
Bottom left: Discover, Commercialization
Bottom right: Rejuvenation, eradicate
Top Left: Rejuvenation, commercialization
Top right: Damaged, ripe
Bottom right: Eradicate, Ripe
Left: Commercialization, Ripe
Right: Damaged, discover

Eradicate, Discover

Left: Commercialization, discover
Right: Eradicate, rejuvenation
Damaged, rejuvenation
Commercialization, rejuvenation

Top : Ripe
Bottom: Damaged

"Drop Dead Gorgeous"

High fashion is glamorous, stylish and sexy; moreover it is unspeakably cruel. The vast chasm between the exquisite appearance of a silky fur coat and the realties of how the coat is produced fascinated and distressed me, and thus, this sickening juxtaposition became the subject of my year 12 majorwork for visual arts. Various visual images of animal cruelty and brutality and several political and animal activist artists such as Amanda Upton, became my inspiration. Furthermore, being an animal activist allowed me to paint this work with a heightened level of emotion and personal drive, as I was, and still am adamant that the population sees the pain and horrors in animal cruelty, that is unfortunately so prominent in today’s society. My work explores the notion of high fashion at any cost, extreme vanity – at any price. My intention is to push people to realize that fake fur is as good as the real thing ­ just without the cruelty tag.

Frank Lloyd Wright - "Fallingwater"

Frank Lloyd Wright has always been one of my favorite architects. However "Fallingwater" has always struck me as one of his most successful artistic pursuits. It has always amazed me how he can juxtapose modern, man made materials such as reinforced concrete, bricks and glass with the serene and natural landscape, to create a house that blends in with its surroundings. Despite the fact that Wright has built a modern, industrial house in the middle of a forest, it astounds me that I can still feel the purity and peacefulness that often is accompanied with nature's beauty. Wright has created this house with the intension of continuity between urbanization and nature. For example, there is no grand entrance to the house, eradicating the barrier between the houses surroundings and its interior. The colours of the house, including the lighting, compliment the colours and shapes of its surroundings, and through his cunning architecture, there is an illusion that the waterfall is flowing out from the center of the house.

Standley Chasm, Northern territory, Australian Outback.

Standley Chasm is located 50km from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The chasm has been gouged into tough sandstone as a result of floods that over millions of years have surged down the Finke River system. Subsequently, a deep red cleft was created, enclosed on either side by craggy walls that rise 80 meters about the ground level. The Chasm is notorious for its walls that transform to a blood, sun burnt red, an hour either side of midday. The sheer walls glow from reflected sunlight to create this rich colour. Having taken this photo in 2007 when my family traveled around the Australian outback, witnessing the walls transform colour was truly astonishing, and a highlight of my trip.

Gascoigne: rejuvenation, discover, ripe Hall: Commercialization, eradicate, damaged



Moffat: Identity, assimilated, frightened