Inspiration of the Week - Mark Dion

I was particularly interested in Mark Dion's work for my final project last year as I was also dealing with collecting and displaying objects, some from the environment. I am planning on following a similar path for my honours years project so I thought I would look a bit further into him.

Mostly I am interested in his sculpture and installation work as this is my art practise and the art that I mostly enjoy.

In his work he works with the ideas of anthropology and science and applies it to a creative and artistic outlet. I find the way he displays these works in a laboratory like environment as I find that this is creative way to get the audience interested in the objects and the works.

In his work he generates interest in environmental topics and the history of the natural world which encourages the viewer to investigate more.

Though I'm not going to steer my work towards the path of looking at environmental issues, I am still going to use Mark Dion as a great creative influence in the terms of display and conceptual ideas.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from this site:

http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/mark-dion/series-sculpture-and-installation

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.

Inspriation of the Week - Maya Lin

Maya Lin's work mainly focuses on ideas surrounding the landscape and the environment. I found this artist by looking into artists who look into identity and happened to come across Lin's work.

The reason that I decided to look more into her was because I am thinking about looking into my local environment and thinking about how to interact with it, and also I found her work really interesting. The way she chooses to display her work is the most appealing to me because some of them are quite simplistic to look at, but then reveal something more complicated.

I feel that her work will have more of an influence in terms of display rather than concept however her installations certainly generate a lot of interest in me and will make me think on how to take my work one step further.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from the artists website site:
http://www.mayalin.com/

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.


So this is just a short one as this artist was someone that was interesting to me, although she may not have a direct influence on my final work or concepts I feel that looking at a wide range of artists helps to come up with ideas, not just within concept, but in design, aesthetics and display.

So that's all for now

byyyeeeeee
Róisín -x

Inspiration of the Week - Richard Long

Richard Long is an artist who makes his pieces through following routes in landscapes and making sculptures and taking photographs of them along the way.

http://www.richardlong.org/Exhibitions/2012/box1.html

The reason that I have looked into this artist is that I am currently thinking of carrying on with my maps idea for my final exhibition work. My dad suggested I look into Richard Long's work for some idea as I'm not quite sure where to take my work just yet.

I really like his work as I find the shapes and materials he uses very organic, so I think this works well as he is                                                                                                             interacting almost naturally with                                                                                       his environment.

http://www.richardlong.org/Sculptures/2012/mont_blanc.html

In terms of inspiration I think it is a good idea to almost map out a journey through places artworks - almost like landmarks along the way. This got me thinking of orienteering and things like that, ie following a map or route to find different artworks of                                                                                                           mine.

http://www.richardlong.org/Sculptures/2011sculptures/fivestones.html

http://www.richardlong.org/Exhibitions/2011exhibitupgrades/whitwatercirc.html

http://www.richardlong.org/Drawings/drawings.html

http://www.richardlong.org/Drawings/drawings.html

http://www.richardlong.org/Exhibitions/2011exhibitions/muddywaterfall.html

NB - all photographs here have been taken from his site: http://www.richardlong.org/
I do not own any of the pictures on this post.

I will definitely look to Richard Long for inspiration in regards to my final piece, although I don't think my works will be as big as his are. I could maybe make his influence work on a smaller scale, and maybe indoors as well.

That's all for now, if you have any artists you want me to look at be sure to let me know :)
Róisín -x