Exhibition: The Unexpected Guest
Whilst on our trip to Liverpool, one artist's work caught my eye- animation artist, Sun Xun. The two pieces featured in the photographs both, I believe, allow an insight on the kind of journey that I am thinking of basing my Origins project on- emotions.
The large scale mountain canvases were the first piece to have caught my eye- as I enjoy working in quite an expressive way, similar to the artist. The landscape seems to have been created in inks, and as a continuous line drawing. Whilst looking at the mountain range, the first ideas that entered my head were the feelings of loneliness and a sense of abandonment- a place that can be full of negative thoughts- expressed by the harsh tones of black and blue brush strokes. However after further consideration I also decided that a mountain range could be a calming, peaceful place- somewhere that you are able to think and feel. It could be interpreted that a sense of calm has been shown in Xun's work through the white canvases in between. The black against white is very simple, allowing an audience to approach the canvas with an open approach.
I also enjoyed looking at Xun's second piece- large canvases running along the walls of the gallery. They feature pencil drawn birds, which when played in animation would show the birds to be taking off. This piece, when linking into the idea of an emotional journey can be interpreted as a sense of freedom, the motion of flying away (or moving away from home in my case) being an exciting, yet emotional experience, unaware of where you are going, or the outcome of the journey. In comparison to Xun's mountain canvases, these drawing are a lot more detailed, showing the true beauty of the animals.
My favourite style of drawing is quite expressive, similar to the first pice of Xun's work, however after seeing these pieces I've decided that I am going to start to incorporate both expressive and detailed accounts in my 'journeys' unit. I think that this idea will work well with the idea of emotions, as detailed drawing will be able to link with the times that I have over-thought or been certain about my feelings towards a situation, and expressive pieces will be able to show any confusion that may've been going through my mind.
