Anita- feedback
As an artist, I greatly enjoy investigating different types of media and how they may be used in tandem to express a concept or question. I agree with Michelle, add at least 2-3 sentences here that connects your broader level of invetigation and then dive into a specific project.... so what have been consistant or important questions in your works or perhaps its your 3-step method that is consistant? Can you find some connections??
My most recent work, ________ title, Most recently, this tendency explores or experiments has resulted in a combination of altered found objects, photography and digital manipulation. For example, in a work titled "God Whisperer," My process included or includes I had three different stages in my creative method of creation. (You may click on the image for a larger view.)
First, I paged through a copy of a bible that I had. I used the bible as source to At randomly select text, I would choose a short phrase and cut it out. Secondly, I then poured shallow pools of hot wax into glass candle holders, placing a cut-out phrase on each disk before it cooled. The candle holders were placed in the freezer so the wax could be easily removed without losing its shape or form.
Lastly, Afterwards, I photographed each disk individually, and then digitally composited into a gridused Photoshop to arrange them into a digital print (20"x20"). To achieve a finished product, I used various media: wax, biblical text, molds, a camera and computer software. This last sentence should either intorduce your process or be deleted.
The piece is intentionally vague (this is a problem and sounds like a cop-out - are you trying to say that it's based on chance???) but includes important words, stark imagery and context that are integral to interpreting it. (What does the materiality of the wax infer especially as it relates to text from the Bible?)
Vagueness WRONG WORD / rethink
is something that I typically like to present in my work so each viewer can come to an individualized conclusion about the piece. The entire time, I do have my own personal thoughts that are expressed- but that is also part of my own personal interpretation as a viewer.
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Your statement has a great introduction that clearly states your main objectives as an artist. You may want to elaborate on that- more so than going into great detail about your current piece of work. I think an artist statement should include why you make art overall, how you make most of your work, what it's made out of, and what it means to you. Also I read, "Vagueness is something that I typically like to present in my work so each viewer can come to an individualized conclusion about the piece. The entire time, I do have my own personal thoughts that are expressed- but that is also part of my own personal interpretation as a viewer." almost as a defense for making your work vague. It goes without saying that you have personal thoughts-otherwise your piece wouldn't be YOUR piece. So I don't think stating it is necessary.
I took a great liking to the grid composition you choose to showcase each stone-like wax formation.
I look forward to seeing more of your work!
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