Wayne's Tutor Notes

I have struggled with this image of how a fine artist should work and all the ways I don't fit into this idea I have had in my head, but we discussed this in a way I've never thought about before. Wayne suggested I look at the work of Paul Noble (Mall- 2001-02, left), who has said of his work 'town planning as self-portraiture'. Which, as I have touched on, is akin to the way everything I am really goes into my drawings. They do not require a 'text' to go with them, as with much illustration.

1. 1.

   a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.

   "an illustration of a yacht"

   synonyms:

   picture, drawing, sketch, figure, graphic; More
2. 2.

   the action or fact of illustrating something.

   "by way of illustration, I refer to the following case"

   synonyms:

   exemplification, demonstration, showing, instancing;

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Jon Baldessari (Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange- 2005, left) is someone who, I was told, is very of the idea that anything is a text, and that is how Wayne said he views my work;  I put a lot of myself into it. My work does not have the need for this external source, it is not a comment on anything but myself in a way.

The formative style of my work was also brought up, Piet Mondrain (Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray, and Blue- 1921, left), for example, paints extremely abstract geometric lines and colour, which graphically, is how I set up pieces before I begin them. This was also said of Fernand Leger's Workmen (left, below). Where it is abstract or surreal, yet has the form of something real. I have managed to put references to use in explaining the way I work, something I never successfully put into words before. It was a really big thing for me to not be scared of 'Fine Art' and for once be able to turn the language to my advantage.

Olivia Plender (The Masterpiece Part 4- 2005, right) was also mentioned as someone who does not need a 'text', she creates art which appears to be pages from comic books, but does not use words. Linked with Baldessari in this way, she does not need an extra 'text'. My work is similar in this way, yet she uses something 'cool', like the Pulp Fiction (1994) movie, I use something 'warm'. Since Wayne said this I've been trying to figure out what he meant, but I believe it just links back to this idea of a utopia, where the world in Pulp Fiction is anything but.