Friday 18 May 2007

HAD 1905

BA Fine Art
1st Year

Assessment 2nd Semester

Subjects:

1. Essay: Describing my self paying attention to an artwork, like I am a third person.

2. Information for: Artist, Public Institute, Private Gallery, Art Magazine/Journal, Medium

Essay: Describing my self paying attention to an artwork, like I am a third person.

- Finally a bench, my feet are killing me.

That is interesting. Look at this girls look. She seems so surprised and amazed, rushing like that into the room. It is years since I’ve seen somebody so happy to go into the gallery. I bet it is her first time here.

See sat right in front of the “Residuary II” of Stuart Brisley. What a weird way to observe a painting? Seems like she is looking through it, like the painting is not there at all and in the same time she is part of it.

I wonder what she is thinking about it. From the distance she is sitting, the painting is almost a real photograph. Looks as though she’s a little nervous, tapping her foot like that, its rather peculiar all the facial expressions she changes to now and then. Like there is a clockwork machine in her head overworking. However, easily distracted; you can see that with the corner of her eye she observes the people that walk around.

What is she looking for in her bag; hope it is not a mobile phone, which would change the whole sophisticated image. Thank god is a notebook, probably to write down a critique or a comment about the work.

That’s it! I will ask her opinion about the painting. She kept my attention for so long, I have to ask her. She might have something very interesting to say.

- Excuse me. I notice that you are interested in this painting of Stuart Brisley and I was wondering what your opinion about this painting is.

- Oh sorry, I don’t think that I am the right person to talk about contemporary art, I find it hard to understand it some times, and anyway I wasn’t paying attention to this painting at all. I just sat down because my feet were killing me, making a plan of my schedule for today. Sorry.