Jewellery And Identity

Gerd Rothman "four finger bangle" 1995 is round circular shape which has a 4 fingers impression on the outside. It appears to be the size of a bracelet and the size of the finger impression is an actual size fingerprints. The colour of the entire object is gold and its made out of pure gold. Techniques Rothman used were; waxing, casting, hammering into a circle, soldering and polishing.

The content and meaning of this work is that the fingerprints is kind of form of Identification or proof of ownership. The shape of the object kinda looks like a knuckle busters and if viewed from a birds eye view, it looks like an animal footprint. The meaning of the bangle is to show ideas and creativity that could be put into Jewellery with finger printing on gold which is precious and expensive.

Ellie Smith" Clearing" @ Orexart Gallery

In the photograph "Girl and Black Cat, Urqutarts Bay" in the exhibition "Clearing" by Ellie Smith, the centre of focus shows a girl gazing at something on the ground and a black cat which seems to be the girls pet gazing in the opposite direction. From the surrounding information; the pine trees and branches in the foreground and the multiply tree trunks in the background, it seems that the photograph is taken in a rural area, a pine forests . The girl and cat seems to be exploring/hiking in the forest and searching for something. This is shown through the pose and expression of both charcters. The girl is walking towards something, looking downwards and the cat gazing at something in the opposite direction.

The photograph shows the important Pine trees and forests are personally to Smith. She quoted "I made huts in the pine trees as a child… I remember anxious old-world stories of lost and enchanted children. I am still warmed by the smell of Christmas.”

Collateral

The work "Collateral" by Dane Mitchell relates to the idea that to make the familiar strange might be strategy to make the everyday noticeable. The work was a pile of discarded packaging gathered from Mitchell's fellow Art finalist artworks, which was arranged on a heavy base floor by museum staff. The packagings printed labels also had Mitchell's fellow finalists name. Packaging materials is familiar in todays society and Mitchell has use it in his work to collaborate and be communal. His fellow finalists printed names on the packaging is his main point of focus as it kind of shares a wining experience as a group. The work tells viewers notice that the everyday can be told in a strange way but noticeable in the text on the work.

Untitled Manuwera 2010

In the photograph Untitled Manuwera, 2010 in the exhibition "Blood's thicker Than Mud" by Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes, the centre of focus shows two boys seems to be brothers standing next to each other gazing towards the camera. From the surrounding information; the Basketball court in the mid ground, trees and Basketball Hoop in the background, it seems that the photograph is taken outside at a park. The photograph looks like it has been taken from everyday context which is evidenced with the court and Hoop in the background depth. The brothers appears to be unease but seem to be strong in each others presences. This is shown through their pose and expression. The older brother gesture is stanch, angry and in tense form, shown in his his face expression and body language. the little brother seems more relax but gesture on his hands and chest shows his strong.

The Artwork shows the importance of family bonds which is highlighted by Koloamatangi Klavenes 'exhibition title "Blood's Thicker Than Mud".

Re-submission for Dion

Mahmoud Bakshi "Sunset 2010" work is made out of plate cylinders and megaphones. Multiples of plate cylinders and megaphones are placed in a vertical position forming patterns and repetition of objects and form. There are 2 main sculptures that make up the artist work, Plate cylinders are stuck next to each other in a vertical direction resulting a very large sculpture. Megaphones in multiple numbers are placed in an circle bench in an upwards direction next to each other forming a object. The scale of the work is large and on purpose to get viewers attention with it size of the cylinders 6-10 meters high and 6 meters wide. The multiple megaphones audio in display is a broadcast from mosques around the Tehran fives times a day including a call at evening. The cylinders can manipulate viewers with the multiple lines in parallel in a vertical direction and taking viewers point of view in an upwards direction. The shape the cylinders form reminds of organs at church Cathedrals. I feel the cylinders are like buildings of a city and also reminds me of Superman Ice layout in the north pole in Jerry Siegel comic hero world. This work relates to Filipe Tohi "Hautaha" cause3 of the similar structure and identical tools they used to from their sculptures, the plate cylinders and Tohi's Steel poles are very similar in size and length.

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Re-submission for Dion

J.H Palmer "A.H.I-W.H Bond sculpture" is a sculpture that is derived shape is the Maori fish hook (Matau) and the anchor stone. The two Maori fish hooks and anchor stone is made out of concrete steel. The shape of the hooks is identified as a Maori cause of the aesthetic style. The way the sculpture is viewed from various direction are different. There are sharp lines that outlines the hooks and is manipulating viewers cause of the lines that are clearly visible to see. The flat surface on the hooks is very smooth, creating the sculpture shapes and three-dimentional views to it. I don't really like the sculpture because of its random form and shape, the sculpture hasn't given me a point of focus. i feel that the sculpture is bright cause of the color and sunlight it has. The sunlight forms a shadow of the sculpture and gives viewers a totally different look of the sculpture. The shadow changes shape as the sunlight hits the sculpture from different direction as time goes by during the day. It kinda realtes to my studio work with Dion cause of the similar process it takes to create the sculpture but the scales of the work are different.

Re-submisson for Dion

Filipe Tohi "Hautahu" is a sculpture that is made out of steel poles and used as layers on top of each other and paralleled, forming a lax sculpture. "Hautahu" work is based on the Tongan traditional laxing. i really like this work cause of how Filipe Tohi has transformed his cultural traditional art into modern day art. The layers and three-dimentional view he has created with the steel poles has formed a shape of a diamond. The manipulation the viewers get when all the steel poles are parallel with each other in different direction gets viewers going in various directions. All steel poles from any position viewers look at the sculpture, all the poles are aligned in a 45 degree angle. The work is transparent and visually bright with its location where sunlight reflects, hits the sculpture. The sculpture has a shadow due to the sunlight and directions the sunlight comes from doesn't really change the shape of the shadow cause of the repetition and identical shape of the sculpture from different views. The sculpture makes me feel imprisoned cause of the steel poles shape and form, it creates a three-dimentional cage. The work relates to my studio work where the class have two-dimentional objects and drawings and create three-dimentional objects out of them.