Assignment 4 - Review

I have finally finished Assignment 4. I found the previous post in drafts that I wrote back in January. A lot has happened since then that stopped me finishing my assignment. I have finally started a full time job so it has taken me some time to get into a routine and fine the time to get on with this assignment but it is finally complete.

Here is my review of how I found this assignment.

I have enjoyed researching the artist and found this approach interesting, but it is the actual writing an essay that I find difficult. So that took some of the enjoyment out of the assignment. But the was the assignment was set out did help me to understand the artist work.

I was familiar with most of the artist it was just Leon Basket, Anni Albers Magdalena Abakanowicz and Judy Chicago. I found it was interesting finding out about new artists.  I really did not like the work of Judy Chicago. I am really not interested in the feminist ideas and was not interested in the ideas behind her work. I was really inspired by the work of Magdalena Abakanowicz and want to read more on her and her works.

The questions really helped me. I found having a structure gave me direction and help me to investigate the piece more and understand the works and the context they were designed and to find out more about the artist as well.

I really want to look at Magdalena Abakanowicz work more and she has inspired me to look at the producing larger pieces in the future.

I was really lucky when choosing my final pieces of work to be able to see the piece instead of looking at them in a book or on the internet. I chose to look at two works by Alice kettle that are on display in Winchester that were in very different situations. While there I was lucky that Grayson Perry's Walthamstow tapestry was on display and he was the other artist that I was considering looking at. So that made my mind up. It was a lot better as I got to see the size of the pieces and the texture of the stitches and also the environment the piece was in such as Alice Kettle Altar piece that is in a small chapel. I am so glad that got to see a piece of work by Grayson Perry as I find his work interesting and witty.