Rachael McCallum's Unicorn Spew,

Rachael McCallum's UnicornSpew ~The online journal of Artness as-it-happens.


Thursday 7 November 2013

Omg play

I might be drawing.  I love the colors. 
afterall-No such thing as 2d

So I was challenged with a cabinet. ..

The head of my department was kimd enough to offer,  democratically the honors students (me included) an opportunity to display work in a cabinet whilst the graduate show was exhibited. The personal clash was the fact my pieces would suit a clean wall, not a clear box.

But its merely a challenge!
The issue to hang paintings in a glass cabinet is not a common problem. I might one day put an oil painting on a shelf or table and a ceramic on a wall, but for the moment it is clear enough as ceramic on wall.....
But with no wall- the solution was to create one. A frame,  if you prefer to think of it that way,  attached to the painting to let it hang and gravity take hold.
I couldn't let gravity be the winner in the beauty-chemistry-physics battleground that is a ceramic painting. That would make people look at the form as if it were a joke plate.... no no!
Look at the surface with this surface flat to your face!
Even flat coloured orange has depth when you see the chemical undulations making a light pattern of bubbles. ...
The frames are boxy and common industry paraphernalia which is strong in color and reputation as utility or discard. 'Milk-crate' is an esthetic I appreciate,  informal, bold, casual, utilitarian. 
They provide a great contrast of form-straight vs organic line,  a grid vs a blob. I will keep playing. ...

If you are able,  I encourage a visit to the National Art School ceramics building, cabinet area, to get a better idea of what I mean...

"If it looks good - do it"

Yes. I quote myself.
Im that kinda person. ....