Using earlier artwork as a model to generate new methods

Brief description of session and activities

At this poster session I will display recent collages, objects and painting made as part of my PhD research project to show how close attention to the work of an earlier artist can bring new methods into play. My research, titled Agnes Martin: painting as making and its relation to contemporary practice, uses Agnes Martin’s artwork from the late 1950s and early 1960s as a model for generating new methods. Attendees to the poster session will be invited to consider a mode of making where an earlier ‘model’ of artwork is tested in order to ‘re-make’ the artwork in a new way.  They will have the opportunity to handle the artworks made during the research project and be able to experiment with some of the methods presented. (materials will be provided).

Will students be involved in the session? If so how?

The poster session is open to all attendees at the L & T Day, who will be able to handle artwork made during the course of my practice-led research, and test the methods by making their own artwork.  Feedback will be encouraged during the session, which will inform future workshops where students will be encouraged to participate.

What will participants take away from the session?

It is hoped that participants will be able to employ the methodology in their future practice, where they can select a ‘model’ for close attention and testing, as a way to generate new methods through a process of re-making.