Quotes selected for Project 2

Baskin-Robbins always finds out – Dale, Ant-Man, 2015

People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead – Sarah, The Crow, 1994

I’ll see you on Mars, right after I eat the Milky Way – Kate, Alpha and Omega, 2010

Here’s another curse for you – may all your bacon burn – Calcifer, Howl’s Moving Castle, 2004

Art/Artist Research

This project is strongly related to dada – an art movement where the artists focuses on not creating and crafting aesthetically pleasing objects, but instead on making works that challenged controversies, social issues, and the purpose of art, amongst many other thing.

Dada artists generally use ready-made objects, and in this project, we are encouraged to use ready-made images available on the Internet as well, and to alter and distort them to fit our purpose – which is to send a message or to provoke certain thoughts and emotions.

One of the most popular examples of the use of ready-mades was Duchamp’s “Fountain” in 1917, which was just a urinal. It apparently was a reference to Baroque and Renaissance artists, and he was the first to use a ready-made.

I would like to just focus more on the aspect of ‘found object’ (‘objet trouvé’ in French), and more specifically – Robert Bradford’s trash art.

Rocking Horse by Robert Bradford

Pug One by Robert Bradford

I’m extremely intrigued by ‘chimera’ art that steals many different parts to form a wholesome piece of art that delivers a clear message and image.

Bradford’s work uses recycled and utilitarian materials, and he prefers materials with a history of weathering – which I find interesting. I find that his use of materials gives some texture and personality to the different parts of the art. It’s interesting to look at his choice of materials for the different parts of the toy – the hooves, the bones, grooves, muscles and more.

His most popular works, in my opinion, are probably the plastic and soft toy sculpture series. It tries to bring across a message about recycling, as well as consumerism waste (with the use of toy parts). Apparently, they are also monuments to uncredited artists who produced the toys used in the works. Other than that, he uses his art to explore psychotherapeutic concepts – art practiced for therapeutic purposes.

I feel that Bradford uses his art for an incredibly gentle, yet strong, purpose and I would probably like to explore art as a wholesome entity for this project with elements that would co-exist well as a body in terms of texture, variety and more.

Hopefully in doing so, my movie quote and purpose would come strongly through the quote and look aesthetically pleasing at the same time!