Grayson Perry - The Existential Void
Perry's pot explores very explicit ideas around expectation and conformation with society and the wider art world. I am interested in Perry's social commentary and the very critical dialogues that embellish a conventionally precious and delicate media.
Marion Deuchars - Bob the Artist
Deuchars' illustrations capture the issue of a taught taste through high art imagery within a children's book. It is interesting to consider the playful tone of voice of Deuchar's illustrations on a subject that could be seen as very rigid and refined.
Jeff Koons - Michael Jackson and Bubbles
This sculpture from Koons captures the very flux of my theme, aura vs commercialism. His media use and institutionalised name seem in conflict with the subject matter and rather garish aesthetic.
Van Gogh - Sunflowers
Van Gogh's sunflowers are an immediately recognisable image of high art through his household name, yet I am interested in what it is about the painting that achieves such an aura, and why it seems to be so flexibly reproduced.
Da Vinci - Mona Lisa
Similarly with Mona Lisa, it is a piece of high art iconography, a universal image. It could be interesting to consider the manipulation of the image and perhaps how the stability of its aura is challenged by consumerism and the media.
Vladimir Tretchikoff - Miss Wong
Tretchikoff seems to hold aesthetic qualities not too far different from high art painters, yet his work is so immediately aligned with the kitsch. I am particularly interested in the artist's decision to take a commercial route and how this impacts the aura of his work.
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