Shelf Life, BFA Grad Exhbition,
UBC Okanagan
2015
UBC Okanagan
2015
Once an artwork is physically connected to a space, the line between space and artwork becomes blurred.
I am intrigued by street-artists’ message of art for all, as it separates them from site-specific artists. Street art takes ownership of one’s space within a community and what the community stands for. The subjects in my drawings are connected to both space and artist. The space is a part of their identities and memories and, in turn, the space has the imprint of their presence. Likewise, through the personal process of documentation the artist-subject relationship can then be transferred from the subject to viewer. My work involves the themes of place, time, and memory in the context of site-specificity and street art ideologies.
I am interested in site-specificity in relation to sculptural and architectural postmodern theories, as well as the role of the art gallery. Site-specific work transforms the idea of the gallery space from a utilitarian place into an extension of the artwork. My method of drawing directly on the wall plays with the ideas of ephemerality, reality, and perception of time. Through the physical adaptation of a utilitarian space, I hope to create the perception of a wall as malleable and imaginative.
I am intrigued by street-artists’ message of art for all, as it separates them from site-specific artists. Street art takes ownership of one’s space within a community and what the community stands for. The subjects in my drawings are connected to both space and artist. The space is a part of their identities and memories and, in turn, the space has the imprint of their presence. Likewise, through the personal process of documentation the artist-subject relationship can then be transferred from the subject to viewer. My work involves the themes of place, time, and memory in the context of site-specificity and street art ideologies.
I am interested in site-specificity in relation to sculptural and architectural postmodern theories, as well as the role of the art gallery. Site-specific work transforms the idea of the gallery space from a utilitarian place into an extension of the artwork. My method of drawing directly on the wall plays with the ideas of ephemerality, reality, and perception of time. Through the physical adaptation of a utilitarian space, I hope to create the perception of a wall as malleable and imaginative.
