Week 3 (Week beginning 13 May)
Readings
The Crisis of the Easel Picture - Rosalind E. Krauss
Lectures
Mentor Discussions
Group Discussions
Research (Theoretical)
Jackson Pollock - He was widely noticed for his technique of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface (‘drip technique’), enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was also called ‘action painting’, since he used the force of his whole body to paint, often in a frenetic dancing style.
Research (Practical)
Experimenting with dripping and flicking black acrylic paint on a horizontal surface. Paint was thick and undiluted and pooled in "blobs" as it hit she surface of the paper.
This time I diluted the paint with a little water which induced fluidity particularly when the paper was titled upright.
Additional water mixed in with the paint and a peg produced interesting patterns as it rolled across the surface of the paper. The pouring of the aqueous medium allowed it to spread outward more liberally.
My favourite action was using a piece of twine, coated with paint which was repetitively flicked against the sheet of paper.
Dropping paint. Using textured netting and a paper-weight (heavy book) to transfer paint from one sheet of paper to the next.
Black, white and red sequence.
Paint-coated twine flicked repetitively.
"Blobbing/dabbing" paint (using my fingertips) which I later discovered was a textured gel.
The textured gel formed peaks similar to that of beaten egg-whites.
With the addition of primary colours - red, blue and yellow paint, splattered with a brush.
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