Final Major Project: The Human Body

My final project is the last assignment combining all of the specialist skills which I have learnt and developed over the past 2 years. This being our last assignment we have to propose our own idea in a lot of depth having a certain pathway whether that is photography, painting, sculpture etc. Towards the end of this project we will have to make our last final outcome which will be exhibited in the End of Year show during the week commencing the 6th June 2016.
After much deliberation I have chosen my theme which is based on The Human body and specifically how the body moves by researching into the bones and muscles by doing some studies using a range of different medias/materials. As well as this I will research into to artists who incorporate the body using Pinterest and resources.


Artist Presentation

Danny Quirk: The exhibition in ‘The Requited’ at The Northampton Center For The Arts  overall was made to be viewed as one large piece or experience. Like a progressive album, each piece leads into the one following it as if were a journey. " I wanted to name it ‘(Un)Requited’, but, new year, figured I'd go with a happier approach. It starts dark, but eventually gets happy in the end."- Danny Quirk http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12461/1/danny-quirk-anatomical-self-dissections

Like Quirk I could create a journey throughout the human body maybe create 4 pieces and show different bodies filled in with bones/muscles/organ and see how its all made up to create our body and show how it works. Another way of showing the body is maybe how a segment ages whether that's externally or internally eg effects of smoking etc.

Artist Inspiration: Journeys

Andy Warhol

I would say that I was most inspired by Andy Warhol considering he has done both printing methods (blotted line and screen printing). So I think it'll be nice to combine to the two.
I liked how he varied the lines in his blotted line changing the thickness etc to create different textures. This is what I have tried through out my experimentations and developments by using my own photos.
I was very much inspired by his screen prints also because I like how clean every edge is so I'll try to do this in my outcome contracting with the messy blotted line however I will explore messier edges and perhaps enhance them to link with the main piece in the middle.

Ian Murphy

I personally love Murphy's work due to the amount of texture created by a fine liner  using mark making such as cross hatch, pointillism and lots more.
Throughout my development I linked blotted line with this kind of mark making by adding more texture and depth to the piece. If some stencils of the logo go a bit rough round the edges I could just enhance them by going over with fine liner adding more texture like Murphy.