Maria Aparicio unfinished

Maria Aparicio




Maria Aparicio is a Santiago born artist who is based there now, Santiago being the capital of Chile, living on the fifth floor of her shared apartment with her boyfriend and beloved cat Montjüic.


in her art she uses coloured thread on black and white photography, as a result of this this style is both limited and unlimited as the artist is restricted to using only geometric shapes and lines to create an original piece, often what an artist is using only a limited range of mediums then this can often result in the most imaginative pieces which is visible in the artists work. by using black and white photography the artist draws the attention to the thread without letting it take over the image and the geometry of the thread often draws the viewers sight toward a back and white subject or uses the thread to replace where a person would look first such as the head/face of a subject, or even uses it to link two subjects using a direct line. the thread also adds texture to the piece adding a third dimension to a two dimensional piece.

colours
the colours used are mostly harmonious as when these combinations are used they do not take the attention away form the main subject allowing larger amounts of threads to be used, however complementary colours are also occasionally used in smaller amounts especially if the image is spectrum based, by using complementary colours the artist aids in drawing attention to the entire piece. the most commonly used colours are along the red side of the spectrum such as orange, pink and yellow, these tend to show better against a monochrome background  and convey a juxtaposing connotation of more positive emotions compared to the connotations of a black and white image.

shape and connections
as stated earlier the thread can be used to link two subjects such as a shoe to square pavement despite the only connection they will have is that they will touch therefore this piece could be showing a literal sense of gravity in a way that is often used to link a piece with an enlargement. often the subjects linked have little to no connection but are still bound together by he same thread that could be suggesting that no matter how different something could be it will always have at least one thing in common. the thread is also used to simulate the patterns of items such as clothing like the geometric shapes used on jumpers. because thread is used the artist cannot create truly curved lines so the resulting images are more direct and striking as only a single type of shape is used to create a final piece.

artist reasearch 18/01/16

Lucas Simoes

Simoes is a Brazilian born artist who is currently based in sao Paulo after attending the a school of architecture in Italy. born in 1980 and moving to sao Paulo in 2002.

The artist typically uses portrait photos as a base to work on and then using varied amount of techniques to alter the images. His most common methods include layering or burning  as these prove the most effective and eye catching, when burning an image simoe usually burns either all the face or a specific part such the eyes, fire has many connotations in art and can be associated with emotions that spread and consume the subject such as rage or despair, so by burning the eyes of the person seems to be suggesting that the subject is blind because of those emotions while burning the entire face suggests the viewer is feeling these emotions to show how those emotions can alter the identity of the subject.
The artist also uses layering to create more surreal pieces that often feature multiple images with only slight differences, such as using multiple images of the same person but all at slightly different angles, the images also often use different colours on different layers to add to the surreal effect of the pieces and a strong presence of third dimension.


Jill Ricci

Ricci uses elements of juxtaposition in most of her work to show bright colours against worn out backgrounds, this creates a unique work that is eye catching and allows for the viewers own interpretations to take over. a recurring element in her work is the repetitive patterns that often cluter in an area and disperse throughout the piece. the artist also uses texture in her work by layering different types of materials within each piece

when planning a piece Jill Ricci uses found materials such as fabrics, paper, and graffiti on walls to use as part of the final piece and often claims to have no final image in mind when creating them, to create what she does the artist layers the cut materials on one another to layer them and add a three dimensional aspect to the art.

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Andrew chase

Chase specialises in a specific area of sculpture medium and subject, Andrew chase uses metal as his medium and wildlife as his subject. he has made multiple animal sculptures including a wolf, giraffe,  gorilla ,  polar bear,  tyrannosaurus rex and many other creatures with each taking at least over 50 hours to complete. The joints are articulate and the entire sculpture is made form recycled metals.

Faith Bebbington

As part of one of the worlds biggest tiger conservation event ‘tiger tracks’ the Veolia tiger (named after the company that commissioned it) was made using over 300 plastic bottles that taken over 400 hours to make through the process of washing cutting and attaching the plastic fur. The lion was made in a similar way for Wembley stadium in partnership with Veolia environment.

the process

My project will represent three species that have become extended through pollution, being driven out of its habitat and having its prey hunted to extinction.

All of the materials except the mud rock, glue, cello tape and paint are products that are recyclable and/or reusable, these are:

•A green and clear plastic battles

•Two coat hangers

•Sawdust

•Sleight 

•Cardboard

•A button

•A yoghurt tub

•A fish tank

the symbolism and creatures.

the creatures that inspired this work

•Madeiran Large White(Pieris wollastoni, a butterfly)-pollution

• Quagga (Equus quagga quagga a subspecies of zebra)-driven out of habitat

•the sabre-toothed cat (smilodon, a species of big cat)-prey overhunted

why I chose to use the materials that I used

My installation will be made out of materials such as plastic and card bard that are often thrown out despite being easily recyclable, plastic is also a very harmful material that creates a lot of pollution and destruction of habitat to create and takes a very long time to decompose as well as directly affecting organism that may eat or become entangled in it.

The creature will be in the form of a chimera symbolising the joint fate of extinction with a fish tank to containing it to show how habitats are far to small to provide for a full ecosystem, the sawdust softens the ground but has little effect on the situation to show how conservation efforts are not having a big enough impact as too many people have abandoned  these species to extinction rather than make an effort to help.  The core of the chimera represents an ideal natural habitat but is being polluted from what the chimera is eating, the ‘neck’ of the chimera is filled with waste that does not decompose easily showing the natural habitat to be the creatures stomach and how it is being poisoned with plastic and other materials as a result of it being the only thing available to eat, the results of the poison are also visible in the left side the chimer’s face as it is made of cardboard and plastic to show the skeletal side representing death.