Monday 5 January 2015

Chai And Friends

Just before my assessment date my mum sent me the book of photographs my 'Auntie Frankie' took of 'Ladyboys' in Thailand (published 1989). The photographs are very tasteful and done with a traditional black and white camera. I love the quality of the images and how beautiful the lighting is, the light really emphasises the images and gives them an intimate feel. I have photographed a selection of my favourite pages from the book (displayed below), my favourite is the final one. I think I like this one most because of the intimate and peaceful quality of the image. You can tell throughout the book that 'Frankie' had a personal relationship with the people photographed, be it friendship or relationship (there are photographs of his partner Kon).



Images of Kon



Vikki Stevens is an emerging artist interested in many areas including body image, mental health and abstraction. Her latest series of work aims to show how images and perceptions of women are “put- together”/ manufactured, and how these images and perceptions affect how women feel about their own body image. Vikki’s ideas for her artwork are expressed in mediums such as paint, collage and sculptural objects, mostly incorporating repurposed images from magazines and found documents. Artists such as Tracey Emin and Hannah Hoch have a large influence on her work. Both the personal perspective and distorted images play a major part in creating pieces that discuss personal as well as cultural issues within mainly the western world/media sphere. Stevens is planning on developing her work into a more abstract sphere to investigate feelings that she has herself and how she can communicate them by using and developing abstract techniques, continuing with collage as a starting influence. Currently the materials and processes she has used in her past work and the work in development are having a large impact on how the work develops and the message behind the work is entirely open. Rather than having a stand out message Stevens is now moving towards a more indirect way of working, focusing more on feelings rather than statements. Current concerns within the work reflect how Stevens feels about herself in day-to-day life and how outside influences affect her and her work. More specifically Stevens is dealing with feelings of anxiety, panic attacks, depression and how she feels as an individual in the world. Artists such as Gerhard Richter, Barbara Kruger, Yago Hortal and Steve Salo are having a large impact on the current work in development.

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