Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Initial Ideas

1.
My starting ideas for this project are expression of undescribeable feelings through painting and drawing. Entropic illustrations that are designed to be personal expressions that hopefully tap into other peoples sense of empathy. In other words its designed to make people feel something.
Examples of good and bad of this, do you need to take responsibility for the effect it has on other people? Is it this selfish and masturbatory? Is it good art if it doesnt do anything for the world apart from serve as an outlet for your frustration?

2.
Is the horror genre valuable today and in our society? Does it only serve people who havnt experienced real-life horror or is it the other way round, does it help to make real-life horrors easier to deal with by trivialising them in fantasy. As something that is designed to inspire fear, unease, discomfort etc is it possible to be a good thing?

3.
Art during revolution. Freedom of expression during Lenins Russia (1920 - 1925), then social realism during Stalins russia. (late 1920's.) Research the french revolution.
Illustrative characaturing of aristocrats.
Prevalent artists during french revolution:

James Gillroy

Jaques Louis David

Possibly try to create something inspiring rebellion against the tory government?

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