Shaun Project Space Crit

For this critique I decided to include a few recent sculpture pieces along with two paintings that had influenced my sculptures. I displayed the orange legs before they became the full piece "orange doll" as it was unfinished at the time. To start with I invited everyone to interact with the legs and touch them, they didn't hesitate and the reaction surprised me as many people had been too unnerved to interact with the dolls I had made in "nylon people." One comment was why I had chosen to not include feet and, when I replied that the piece was unfinished, I was asked if it bothered me that the sculpture was an amputee. This made me question if whether I would feel that the piece was unfinished if I didn't include hands or feet.

Along with the orange legs I displayed a painted mannequin arm which lay on the gallery floor. I was told that the colours used made it seem as though the arm was decaying. Also people said the way it was displayed made it seem as though there was a person stuck beneath the floor and only their arm was visible.

There were two other bodies of work being shown at the same time as mine in the Shaun crit, the first was a collection of three paintings made by Carl Garner, the second was a painting depicting David Bowie by Jack Knighton. The three paintings were made using various shades of blue strokes directly onto paper. The portrait of David Bowie is bold and vibrant with a strong use of symbolism.