ARTIST: Jessica Stockholder

http://www.jessicastockholder.info/index.php

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1991

(A)wire mesh acrylic yarn, wire and metal bar
(B)two pieces of plywood laminated together with cloth and two hinges and acyrlic paint

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1994

wall bracket, bias tape, window sashes, acrylic yarn, plastic orange, wire and hinges

 With Stockholder's work i feel like i can relate to her ideas about materials and how they interact with one another. She is influenced by the materials first them she places them within the gallery context. She is inspired by recycled materials and their colours, textures, shape and size, which is also what inspires my practice. 

IDEA: Trashformation

I read a book called Transformation by Lloyd Herman that talked about many of the ideas i use in my own work.

"Today, virtually everything costs more, so it makes sense to recycle materials, adapt buildings to new uses while preserving their architectural intergrity, and make new products from old ones."- pg. 10

Im interested in this idea of giving new life to an old product. 

" 'ready-made' a common object raised to the level of a work of art through the process of appropriation- but it was preceded by simple assemblages made from more than a single "found" object."- pg. 12

The idea of using borrowed elements in the creation of new works. 

I really enjoyed this reading as my main idea in my work is to create a new way of looking and interpriting a recycled object. 

These objects/materials come with this already established meaning but through my own work i'm trying to maybe not change but add more, developing the ideas behind this objects previous existing meaning.

I become inspired by the form qualities of the material, the textures, colour and shape. 

MY WORK:

No Name,

2012,

Plaster, wood, pins and paint on wall,

100cm x 80cm.

For this work i started by reacting to the traces and marks left from my last works. The formal shapes and how they interacted with one another gave me a starting point. 

I decided to use materials that are found around the studio or in the buildings structure itself.

I wanted to experiment with these materials and install them in a new way that differs from their traditional use.

This work also uses the idea of interaction with the setting and the audience. The way the work is installed it forces the viewer to experience the studio wall in a new way that differs from their usual everyday experience.

READING: Spatial Aesthetics

Spatial Aesthetics is a reading by Nikos Papastergiadis. This reading related to my ideas of using everyday materials.

"Artists engage with everyday life, now, in a wide variety of ways.....

The ultimate aim may well be the initiation of experiences that occur in everyday settings." pg. 372

This reading talks about the engagement in place of the everyday. The processes of illustrating a new form of interaction.

In relation to my ideas of using recycled materials that have a common theme I've decided to have them relate to the setting that i will place the art in.

The studio is a industrial setting constructed from concrete and metal. I'll use common materials found around or inspired by the buildings setting.  

MY WORK:

Adding the orange colour to this work just gave the piece another focal point that stood out and highlighted the woods form. I choose orange because of the tone of the wood and how they are both warm colours. 

I'm interested in how this coat of paint gives new life to the wood and creates a flat plane against this three dimensional installation.

MY WORK:

No Name,

20120,

wood, paper, plaster.

With this work its all about the reaction to the last mark made. The conversation im having explores the use of painting with objects and the overlapping of materials without using a paint brush or paint itself. I often mimic what i already see the rhythm of the wood or the cracks and texture of the plaster. 

IDEA: Experience

‘Separated, we are together’ is a line in a poem by Stephane Mallarmé called ‘The White Water lily’ it talks about how as an individual spectator you have your own personal interaction with an artwork, you then can discuss with others but the initial interpretation is an isolated act that involves only your own thoughts.

Everyday we go through multiple experiences that we are either exposed to or participate in. These experiences add to our knowledge of a specific context.
With my own work I am interested in manipulating environments to create new elements that change ones perception of a space and how they interact within the space.