Session 5 Homework

From looking at the work of Jake and Dinos Chapman, the first impression I get is that is about making a statement.  For example Hitler made in to what looks like something from a crazy golf course. There is the idea of fun and family activity juxtaposed with the idea of absolute evil that the Nazi party connote. I have to say that I’m not sure what conclusion one would draw from this apart from the fact it is making a statement. Maybe it simply aims to poke fun and the ideas of a party that are almost too ridiculous to believe.

This idea of poking fun also comes from another piece of work that caught my eye. A statue of the virgin Mary and baby Jesus that are starting to by the looks of it decompose. I think this could be taken different ways. One is the idea that religion is no longer as relevant in society and is dying so to speak. The iconic image of Christianity is rotting therefore this shows a similar state to Christianity as an idea. Also it I think can be taken as mocking, in some ways it might be seen as defacing purity. The virgin is a symbol of all that is pure and the idea of decomposition and rotting is the opposite of that.

From this I think that a major element of their work is using art to make a statement about political issues. Aside from that is also interesting in it’s weirdness and it’s use of sculpture. I think that looking at how thinks like this are created, it gives one an idea about building set pieces and things that can make a set feel real.

Although interesting as artist I think as sculptors in a craft sense that are just as interesting to look at in terms of what you can create for back drops and props.

In terms of what Georgina and I are doing with very ammeter prosthetics this article is very interesting. There appears to be several different techniques involved in creating prosthetics and models.

One interesting Technique is the sir brushing.  I think that creating a realistic skin tone with the varying colours and textures will be a big challenge and I think that this piece of technology is something that, if this were a professional shoot with a bigger budget and experienced prosthetic artist would be very useful in creating the body part props.

Another interesting idea is the idea of scaling things up and down to create large models. I think in esscance it’s the same as drawing a design on squared paper and then drawing bigger squares and therefore a bigger design with the same detail. I think its simple ideas like this that can get lost in this modern age where technology is so prevalent but it’s a simple idea that works. ‘It ain’t broke so don’t fix it.’

I think overall what this article highlights is what prosthetics can achieve and will more often than not be more realistic that computer generated techniques. Also the idea that the aged look or human/animal hybrid is a physical thing and I think that creates a greater sense of realism personally.