Ella's Fine Art Foundation Degree

Body art is generally concerned with issues of gender and personal identity. A major theme is the relationship of body and mind, explored in work consisting of feats of physical endurance designed to test the limits of the body and the ability of the mind to suffer pain. It also often highlights aspects of the body that focus on bodily substances or the theme of nourishment. Contrasts such as those between clothed and nude, internal and external, parts of the body and the whole are also a common theme. In some work, the body is seen as the vehicle for language. Identity in modern art is a broad and exciting theme, allowing the viewer to gain new perspectives and understanding of other people's lives. For the artists that draw inspiration from their identity, the work becomes a podium for exploration, expression and connection. Art can shed light on cultural influences from other places, historical events, cultural values, the persistence of certain traditions, and resistance and

The museum opened in the 1980s, and focuses on the history of the Erewash area, with exhibits covering the Second World War, archaeology, and the Stanton Ironworks.  The building that houses the museum is named the Dalby House after one of the families who inhabited it, and has served as a school and a private dwelling. (view of the main entrance of the Dalby House) And so on November 22nd, we travelled to Ilkeston to take a look around the Museum to help gather some inspiration for our own works that will be exhibited in one of the rooms there. To get to the museum, we walked through High Street, which showed us Ilkeston's different types of architecture on the buildings and churches. We also took pictures of the areas around us that we liked so that it would give us some inspiration for our works that we would be putting on display. (St. Mary's Church in the town we walk past) (a bollard by the museum) Upon first walking up to the museum, my first impression is of how histor

Today, November 16th, we took a trip down to the  Nottingham Contemporary  to look through their 4 galleries that are full of works, that are either contemporary or traditional. The Contemporary organises four to five major exhibitions a year, bringing the work of the world’s contemporary artists to Nottingham. The ideas raised by the exhibitions are explored in educational programmes for all ages. Each piece of work differs with a unique range of materials and media’s that have been used, such as paints, oils, metals or even digital. To me, I feel like each exhibition is an insight to what the artists mindset could have been and what they could have been thinking about. And their mood reflects onto the viewer in hopes that they will feel it too, for example, an exhibition with a dark setting and theme with dark colours can reflect a sad and empty, yet liminal feeling. Whereas brighter colours could represent the opposite; a more energetic feel. When we first stepped into the first par

Consumerism are artworks that have been engaged with the idea that the acquisition or ownership of goods reflects status and self-identity. Artists explore or criticise this idea in a variety of ways, usually featuring consumable goods, sites of consumption, the acquisition of goods, or advertising imagery in their work. “This new type of consumer values creativity, design and the power of personal values. These consumers will look toward companies that can “present an offering that solves a problem, does some good, and delivers aesthetically.” They also look for products that engage the senses to discern truth. In other words, they believe what they can experience. Authenticity is paramount, and stories and images are powerful means for communicating messages.” - Wiki An artist's example of this is Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005), known for his sculpture and graphic works. Paolozzi studied at the Edinburgh College of Art in 1943, and then soon at the Slade Scho