Artist statement
This terms work is a culmination of all the experiments and ideas I have had throughout this degree. Over the years I have explored creating artworks using metals, plaster, grout, filler, canvas, wood, glass, perspex, paint, and finally, cement. Learning how to solder, build, mix, plaster and fully immersing myself in industrial processes; I finally feel I have a true and deep understanding of materials, their limits and their properties. This final piece is a crystalising of ideas that has been developing since September 2015, stemming from an intense personal need to express industrial materials in their rawest form. Their aesthetic allure has captivated me for years, expanding from the unexplainable appeal that architecture and material tactility has on me. My aim is to, even if subconsciously, impose this onto the viewer. My final sculpture, of two concrete blocks, seeks to impress through scale and structure, demanding that the materials be viewed for how they present themselves in front of you. Their hard, cold, sturdiness juxtaposed by the paint, cracks and freshness of the white emulsion. The viewer is invited to walk between the two and simply revel in their material tactility, and as opposed to other works I have created, the piece must be encountered rather than viewed. They are an expression of the tangibility of materials, an appreciation for their textures, and ambiguously sit on a line between art and architecture.
mood board: https://uk.pinterest.com/maissann/yr-3-term-3/