Painting. (The figure (distress, pose)
the easiest and most direct way to portray a human emotion is through use of the body contorted into different poses of distress. (example)William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Dante_And_Virgil_In_Hell_(1850)
(example) Rodin's The gates of Hell- Detail.
The difficult part of this for me will be to hold back my temptation to include surreal allegory within the painting.
The images of figures i have chosen to use as painting reference are of a male and female, supporting their bodies by their hands on bended knee. This pose mirrors the style of Rodin with his collapses figures of the fallen. However what i feel is significant with this pose is the fact that the figures faces are hidden, while they support themselves in this tense and uncomfortable pose, between falling and standing. Having the faces hidden makes the emotive language of this painting more abstract, it also suggests the idea of depersonlisation and lack of idenity. I feel this is significant when expressing an emotion as cleche, sensitive and abstract as anxiety


Within my practice i want to use a variety of different materials to portray ideas. Artwork that interests me are: 1. the technique of traditional materials (painting, sculpture) 2. the sensitive and selective minimal representation (the ready made, distorted mundane objects, found and organic materials)

Ideas-Alarm clock encased in sugar glass (shatters at time of alarm)
Performance of smashing bottles, tea cups ect (possibly with messages written inside)
(Photograph-glass smashing performance, taken Berlin 2009)
Photo piece of pillow being ripped apart and sowed back together again.
...Other online outlets-
Personal blog1-http://emmascreamingart.blogspot.com
Scribbles and Murmurs Collective-http://scribblesandmurmurscreate.blogspot.com
Youtube-http://www.youtube.com/user/EmmasScribbles?feature=mhum
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