4RTSLUT / FINAL

WRAPPED UP FOR YOUR SAFETY

accordion – zine (art card) – zine (recycled paper) – mock up zine

ACCORDION VIEW

BOOKLET VIEW

COVER - suggestive, provocative, IN YOUR FACE. — COVER – suggestive, provocative, IN YOUR FACE.

1 - Description of Zine, giving context to the questioning of ART. — 1 – Description of Zine, giving context to the questioning of ART.

2 - Description of first theory in context of Chuck Close. Combined with illustration of an 'idiot's guide' of how to fit in. Enforced with the quote from prominent supporter of this theory. — 2 – Description of first theory in context of Chuck Close. Combined with illustration of an ‘idiot’s guide’ of how to fit in. Enforced with the quote from prominent supporter of this theory.

3 - Description of second theory in context of Francis Bacon, how to fit in, and with a quote from the main supporter of the theory. — 3 – Description of second theory in context of Francis Bacon, how to fit in, and with a quote from the main supporter of the theory.

4 - Description of third theory in context of jackson pollock, how to fit in this theory, and the prominent supporter of the theory — 4 – Description of third theory in context of jackson pollock, how to fit in this theory, and the prominent supporter of the theory

5 - the idea of originality and uniqueness, and who supports it. — 5 – the idea of originality and uniqueness, and who supports it.

10 – something to tie up the grunge feeling – something informal, almost satirical, utilise a very popular brand to create set the atmosphere of playfulness. Do what you want, but within safe boundaries!

6 - challenges IMITATION OF LIFE, why not photograph? — 6 – challenges IMITATION OF LIFE, why not photograph?

7 - challenges EMOTIVE WORKS - not necessarily my sadness or happiness — 7 – challenges EMOTIVE WORKS – not necessarily my sadness or happiness

8 - challenges FORMAL QUALITIES - is it only done on a whim and given a deep meaning? most of the time formal abstract works can come across as very deep but unnecessarily so — 8 – challenges FORMAL QUALITIES – is it only done on a whim and given a deep meaning? most of the time formal abstract works can come across as very deep but unnecessarily so

9 - challenges ORIGINALITY - does the value of the works decrease with repetition and reproduction, or does it get better when mixed? — 9 – challenges ORIGINALITY – does the value of the works decrease with repetition and reproduction, or does it get better when mixed?

BACK COVER - INVERSED so its easily to read, a direction for the readers — BACK COVER – INVERSED so its easily to read, a direction for the readers

In the past when I was studying H3 art and art criticism, I was asked to know how artists did their work, and know who were the prominent philosophers/artist critics who strongly supported it. Granted, each theory probably flowed into each other and overlapped. Nothing is absolute. This is just a distilled version of how confusing art education can be? We are told to always know art is free art can be anything BUT there are still man-crafted ways to categorise and understand things.

It has been…. a weird semester.
I’m proud of this work. The most effort i’ve put into a project to get binding right.
There is a LOT of ways I can improve on

Composition / Aesthetic
Using InDesign without crashing my computer and losing my files
Not using photoshop to do what I could do in Illustrator/Indesign in half the time
work towards something more catered to public.