Patrick Pound
One of the main points I learned this week is: Do not,
for the life of god, trust CityRail to get you anywhere in life.
Arriving half way through Patrick Pounds lecture (which to
this day I still feel my heart aching) it was evident that I have almost missed
one of the highlights of this lecture series. Although the man was reading from
a pre written script, his sense of humour and wittiness made following exactly
what he was saying much easier. Throughout the duration of staying in PSM,
Pound’s name was always one that pops up when tutors are showing us an array of
artist we should gain some inspiration from, therefore, meeting the man behind
the collection of found objects was what some may call a great ‘fan girl’ moment.
Fortunately enough I was able to skip in as Pound started
speaking about his Museum of Air exhibition. The Museum of Air exhibition
consist of displaying a series of found items that are in some way associated
with the idea of air. Prior to this lecture, it was difficult to understand how
an artist could possibly collect objects and arrange them together and call it
art. However, this exhibition cleared some misunderstandings up. The exhibition (although I did not attend)
seemed to be quite successful in my eyes as Pound did a great job in tying the
two concepts of mundane air and found items. It made sense to have the two
concepts interlink as it almost encapsulated the idea of both life and death.
The way Pound used air as the reason for grouping this collection of found
objects seemed as though he was resuscitating these redundant lost items, which
proved to be quite successful as it was as if the objects were conversing a
story to the audience.
(Brash 2012 - Museum of Air)
Lilian O’Neil
Lilian O’Neil, young, blond, mid 20s? She looks exactly like
us! Well not my Asian self, but she did however look as if she was also stuck
in the treacherous adventures of university life, which made me like her
immediately.
As she moved along and began to speak about her work it
almost made me tear up with happiness when it became evident that she was in
fact quite nervous. It was great to see that not all well or semi established
artist who have successfully held their own solo show still does not feel
completely comfortable speaking about their own works.
O’Neil’s collage artworks which captures her interpretation
of her love life with her then significant other were in fact very beautiful.
She explains how these were like personal maps which is something that I surprisingly
understood 100% because words sometimes does not do justice is explaining
exactly what you feel or see inside your head, which is where art becomes a
great medium for that purpose. As the lecture ended and a Q&A was
initiated, a question came up that asked if O’Neil could possible explain every
inch of one particular collage. It is great to see that upon looking at her
work it is in some ways abstract as not everybody can interpret why she
purposely put something here and there, only she the artist can decipher that,
which I think is what makes her work quite interesting as we are invited to see
what exactly is going on in someone else’s train of thoughts and feelings.
(O'Neil, 2011)
O'Neil, L. 2011, Love Machine, artwhatson, viewed 10 May 2013, <http://www.artwhatson.com.au/mop/gallery-2-love-machine/love-bomb>
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