Looking at different artists to gather inspiration - 05/10/2022
Looking at different artists to gather inspiration
Daisy Jackson / 05/10/2022
Since I am currently experiencing slight artist block, I think it would be helpful to look at a range of artists that may or may not be Warhorse related and take away approaches and techniques from them. Often looking at the work of others gives me inspiration for my own and will generate new ideas for the project. As I am unsure exactly the route I will be taking, I think this would be really helpful and reassuring in the process.
Birthday cards:
This was created by an unknown artist on Funky Pigeon and I really loved the layout of it as it combines realism and witty humour. Not saying this will be my approach but I do love the humour behind it and is something that I could take away.
Aardvarkian:
These cards were created by Aardvarkian on Etsy. I really love their work as their art style is quite cute and has good humour accompanying it. I feel like I could use humour to reflect the relationship between Albert and Joey in birthday cards and prints. The prints will assist the birthday cards though of course.
I found with the work of Aardvarkian that simplicity is key. People love that and as long as the concept is not too hard to understand, then a mass majority of individuals will be happy.
Despite birthday cards being so unique in this project, I think I could pull it off depending how I execute it. I love the bold colours and outlines used in Aardvarkian's work and feel like I could replicate this in my own style.
Gemma Correll:
Her artworks accompanied by humerous text is something that I try to do within my own work and would be excellent either as prints or cards. I think I can inform the audience extremely well on Albert and Joey's relationship through this approach. I could even inform them on the general plot of Warhorse quite well too depending how I approach it.
Her art is very straight to the point and this is something I want to replicate within my own for this project. The more I look at her work, the more ideas that come to mind that I can create.
I think a great next step would be generating general ideas for what text I can add to these cards. So I will be listening to the audiobook as well as watching the movie again. I will be note taking the whole time as I have a general idea of what to look out for.
Linocut prints:
Laughing Mule:
Laughing Mule is a linocut artist who focuses on a range of animals in their work. I chose the horse/donkey observations as I found these the most fitting for my project of course.
I love the variety in patterns and techniques across their work and the roughness of the print is something I could take on board with my own work. The focus on black and white also are quite dramatic colour choices which would be helpful depending what approach I take. This will make me think in more detail about what emotions I want to convey in my own work. The brighter the colour, the happier, the darker the colour, the sadder and more emotive.
I noticed that Laughing Mule focuses a lot on space. They use the space left over the add aditional details which fill in the gaps. This can create the impression that the piece is half finished which I really love the appearance of.
07/10/2022
Intertextuality art:
Bojack Horseman and A Doll's House
Without going too detailed with analysis, Henrik Ibsen's play ' A Doll's House' focuses on a character named Nora who is a 'devoted' housewife to her husband and takes care of the children. Her husband is sick which adds more pressure to their marriage.
Comparing this to Beatrice who is a character in Bojack Horseman, she is the complete opposite of this.
However, both characters in question surpress their true identity for their husbands. The both share a similar dancing scene which is where they can be their true selves.
In 'Free Churro', an episode in Bojack Horseman, this is referenced as Beatrice is crying because she went to see the play 'A Doll's house'. This mentioning of the play is a reference to Beatrice's life being similar to Nora's as they are both in unhappy marriages.
When I first discovered intertextuality, I thought it would be direct visual references. However, the more I research into it, the more I understand that you can make references to text or other art without being visual. Instead, you can reflect this in the life of a character and so on.
09/10/2022
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger has been an all time favourite artist of mine without actually creating art the 'traditonal' way. She communicates powerful messages within her work through combining meaningful text which is often bordered, with a black and white image as the background - her overall technique.
I feel like if I wanted to play around with word art, Kruger's work would be an interesting place to start. If I do decide to make cards followed by prints, I think having a mixture of different pieces would be great as it would appeal to a range of audiences.
If I reference Kruger's work within my own, this would also demonstrate intertextuality which I would love to experiment further with.
When creating horse studies, I feel like it would be a great development point by mixing them with Kruger's famouse bordered text. This way, I can communicate particular emotions and relationships through my work.
My next steps?
I will create studies relating to Warhorse to generate ideas. These will be a mixture of studies concentrating on Albert and Joey. I think then creating these with a 'Barbara Kruger' effect would be really interesting.
I can then play around with different word play. To do this, I will relisten/rewatch Warhorse and note down particular quotes that I like as well as scenes.
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