More work done on essay
Last night I have been working on my essay and have managed to get another 200 words done ready for the session with graham.
This is what I have done so far with my essay:
Process can seem to be forgotten when viewing art, sometimes
camouflaged behind the final outcome which is displayed in an exhibition
format. Nevertheless, it is now becoming widely accepted in the art world,
arranged through various mediums allowing us as artists and viewers to get a
deeper insight into the stages of production.
Process was the doing not viewing, but can now deem to be
defined as a finished product and an actual piece of art.
An artist named Tehching Hsieh has emerged within my practice research recently, providing me with a deeper insight into the extent that the art of process can be taken to.
(Fig 1. Tehching
Hsieh, One Year Performance, 1978-79, Performance, New York)
Fig 1. Displays Tehching Hsieh being consumed within a cage
for one whole year doing nothing, alone with his own thoughts. This fantastic
piece highlights the distance some artists go to in order to produce artwork.
The New York Times covered this piece stating ‘He built a
cage from pine dowels…furnishing it with a bed, a blanket, a sink…each day the
friend took a photograph of Mr. Hsieh, who had shaved his head at the beginning’
(NYT 2009).
Initial thoughts would be, could this generate the same
impact as a piece such as Marcel Duchamp’s urinal which is shown within an
exhibition context?
Hsieh’s piece was staged in the ‘Museum of Modern Art… from
11a.m. till 5 p.m. people could visit it like a gallery and see the work in
progress’ (NYT 2009). Viewing the performance would enhance the thoughts and
response to the artwork from the viewer, impacting in a way that they will be indulging
themselves into the spatial aroma.
The connection between my own practice and Hsieh’s is not
easy to read, this is what makes it so interesting when researching. Although I
am not presenting a staged performance as of this piece, I dive into the format
of repetition presented in his series of documentation.
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