I have a lovely new gadget, so i thaught i'd have a quick play about with it :)
(I really hope this doesnt scare too many people away, so incase anyones scared of clowns, SCROLL DOWN QUICK!)
My new gizmo is a neat little camera, nothing too flashy and it was second hand, but it works well and im pretty damn happy with it!
These photos are of my clown mask (which features in a post loooooong ago) that i made a couple of years ago for Halloween. I played about with the shutter speeds and movement to make them look like this. I think they look a bit like they're laughing away and something fairly grousome...
Last Thursday, my college took the entire art department on a trip to London, to viset the Saatchi Gallery and The TATE Modern for the Gerhard Richter exhibition. the Saatchi was brilliant, i really enjoyed its curious ways, especialy the sculptures and many of the paintings.
Here are some of my favorate peices from the Saatchi Gallery....
Volker Hueller
Rauch Im Aug
2009 Watercolour, shellac
25 x 20 cm
Dirk Bell
Wolf Hamlet Madonna Elmex
2006 Mixed media on canvas
230 x 140 cm
André Butzer
Untitled
2007 Oil on canvas
340 x 260cm
Zhivago Duncan
Pretentious Crap
2010-2011 Wood, glass, mixed media
300 x 307 x 250 cm
Jeppe Hein
Mirror Wall (Video)
2010
Mirror foil, wooden frame substructure, vibration system
200 x 356 cm
Thomas Helbig
Jungfrau
2005 diverse materials
85 x 85 x 90 cm
Georg Herold
Untitled
2010 Batten, canvas, lacquer, thread and screws
120 x 420 x 165 cm
Thomas Kiesewetter
Matisse Blau
2010
Sheet metal, steel, lacquer
117.5 x 156 x 133 cm
Jutta Koether
Mède
1992 Oil on canvas
250 x 200 cm
Kirstine Roepstorff
All Possible Experiences (From the series "The Inner Sound that Kills the Outer")
2006 Mixed media collage
273 x 444cm
Markus Selg
Trauernde
2008 Plaster, straw, jute, metal, shellac
Artwork: 125 x 30 x 30 cm Plinth: 62 x 36 x 36 cm
Andro Wekua
Sunset (detail)
2008 Installation of 170 glazed ceramic panels, metal framework, steel scaffolding
WOW, what an experience theres SO much stuff there i'll never begin to be able to list, find or explain in any detail, so many wonderful paintings, especially the cubist exhibition (lots of Braque, Picasso, Gris), lots of installations and sculptures, i could spend months there, getting to know each and every piece.
The Gerhard Richter exhibition was phenomenal, i never apreciated his work having seen much of his work in books, magazines, websites and album covers (Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation) but in the flesh, his work is so powerfull, partly due to the scale which also lends the detail no photograph could.
To make the mask i created a mold from plaster scene, covered it in cling film and then used paper mache to make almost a cast of it that was light weight enough to where. I painted it with acrylics and used a dusting technique to create the smooth, layered colour transitions. This photo was taken on weymouth sea front by my friend Abi Arnold, who is a fantastic photographer and managed to make this image look so ghostly by moveing the camera in circles while taking the photo. The lighting in the back ground is currently being re-designed by an amazing artist from Lous, Vong Phaophanit.
I have a lovely new gadget, so i thaught i'd have a quick play about with it :) 
