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(Written statement below)
01/2017, graphite pencil, 21 x 29,7
This piece was made out of sheer emotion. There was no thinking process, it was made on the spot.
Written statement
In the middle of the night, I often get up to set down on paper an idea, a concept, a piece of art, and realize that what is on the sheet of paper looks nothing like the picture in my mind. My desire to make progress on a technical level pushed me to read books on human anatomy like the Grand Atlas du Corps Humain and sparked my interest for the art of my ancestors in North Africa. I had great difficulty making real my ideas, and dismantling them to the rhythm of pencil strokes. The obsolescence of the aesthetic faced with the experience of a piece of art is, I believe at the heart of contemporary art. For example, Fernando Botero copied Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and made it the antithesis of the original by making her look like all that society rejects. In my most recent work, I found inspiration in a bronze sculpture made by Antoine Bofill. It represented a woman lying on a what appeared to be a soft surface. I wanted my piece to literally embody women’s position in our society, and how that position was also changing. While painting, I found myself following Maurice Denis’s footsteps by transferring lines into movement. Having grown up looking at Manet and Gauguin, their use of soft yet eye catching colors and experimental state of mind has influenced my work and my way of thinking. Each time I finish a piece, I feel like I know myself a little better, and that is what drives me to create.
This course includes three things I love doing: writing, making art and thinking. I find that the University of Brighton complements my values of hard work, constant challenging of oneself and encouragement. I feel like this school will have a positive impact on me and will open several doors in the future. I believe that achieving a degree in this course would prepare me for my future plans and aspirations.
(Written statement below)
01/2017, graphite pencil, 21 x 29,7
This piece was made out of sheer emotion. There was no thinking process, it was made on the spot.
Written statement
In the middle of the night, I often get up to set down on paper an idea, a concept, a piece of art, and realize that what is on the sheet of paper looks nothing like the picture in my mind. My desire to make progress on a technical level pushed me to read books on human anatomy like the Grand Atlas du Corps Humain and sparked my interest for the art of my ancestors in North Africa. I had great difficulty making real my ideas, and dismantling them to the rhythm of pencil strokes. The obsolescence of the aesthetic faced with the experience of a piece of art is, I believe at the heart of contemporary art. For example, Fernando Botero copied Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and made it the antithesis of the original by making her look like all that society rejects. In my most recent work, I found inspiration in a bronze sculpture made by Antoine Bofill. It represented a woman lying on a what appeared to be a soft surface. I wanted my piece to literally embody women’s position in our society, and how that position was also changing. While painting, I found myself following Maurice Denis’s footsteps by transferring lines into movement. Having grown up looking at Manet and Gauguin, their use of soft yet eye catching colors and experimental state of mind has influenced my work and my way of thinking. Each time I finish a piece, I feel like I know myself a little better, and that is what drives me to create.
This course includes three things I love doing: writing, making art and thinking. I find that the University of Brighton complements my values of hard work, constant challenging of oneself and encouragement. I feel like this school will have a positive impact on me and will open several doors in the future. I believe that achieving a degree in this course would prepare me for my future plans and aspirations.