Jill
Wales - Fine Artist BA (Hons)
The
heart of my work focuses on empty, uninhabited buildings awaiting demolition or
renovation. These buildings are unremarkable, commonplace, unnoticed, which
interests me. They are so commonplace they invite both recognition and
dismissal.
It is interesting
to see these places out of their normal context, by distorting the image
slightly it forces the viewer to see something that looks familiar become
unfamiliar, and strange. There is a feeling of transience in these works of
places once being inhabited and moving on, of renovation and demolition of
becoming history itself. Video footage and photographs taken from these places
are a constant source of reference for my work.
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| Video Projection onto concrete 6ftx3ft |
Video
Projection onto concrete 6ftx3ft
My
projection provides visual distortion and establishes a new dimension of spacial
awareness to my work. It has the mesmerizing effect of the cinema screen as the
image is constructed and re-materialized in front of your eyes changing the
whole documentation of it. Dimensions of rooms, heights, depths, widths are all
distorted, challenging our perception and perspective of a place. A familiar
image of window, a door, becomes un-familiar making the image appear strange.
I
graduated in 2010 from the University of Northampton with a first class honors
degree in fine art. My art revolves around the use of different printing
techniques, print allows me to explore and manipulate the photographic image
onto different surfaces. My Interest lies less in the purity of using one
particular medium but more in the suitability of the medium to emphasize the
subject. Each technique has its own particular quality.
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| Etching on
paper 29cmX42cm
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A
photo montage of the screen-printed image exposes both the interior and
exterior of a building at the same time exploring the complex relationship we
experience with architecture our thoughts
and perceptions of that space.
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Degree
show (2010) Walls/plasters 6ftx4ft on breeze blocks.
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These
pieces attempt to convey the structural fabric of a building. The large plaster
fragments represent elements of walls and floors. Photographic collages are screenprinted onto plaster showing
the destruction or renovation during the lifecycle of a buildings history.
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| Collograph 15cm x15cm Accademia 250gm |
Collograph 15cm x15cm Accademia 250gm
Simplified
balance in print using structural, urban, architectural associations.
Series
of 10 prints.
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| ‘Cranes’ 10ft x 1ft digital prints |
‘Cranes’ 10ft x 1ft digital prints.
Cranes –these are associated with the construction of new buildings, These prints are produced to the width of a breeze block.
Artist
influences :
Gordon Matta
Clark, film, video,
photo-collage, drawing, sculpture: his views on art and architecture and his
rejection of using art as a commodity.. Matta creates sculpture in the form of
large scale interventions into existing architecture.
Jane and
Louise Wilson, split
screen film installations, film and photography: use the psychological effect
that architecture has on the human psyche.
Edward Hopper,
painter portrays a certain mood of mystery,
estrangement and isolation. His works are contemplative, brooding,
introspective and personal.
Gregor
Schneider, installation
and photography: there is a deliberate confrontation between the viewer and
artist’s own psyche. He constantly shifts our perceptions from one space to
another by subverting interiors where he deliberately make the viewer
uncomfortable. Our notion of proportion and scale is challenged. The viewer
interacts to the work emotionally and psychologically.
Rachel Whiteread, instalations, sculpture; transforms
ordinary lived in space into a solid sculpture, renders voids solid, the
physical space turned inside out, exposing the complexity of the meaning of
‘home’.
