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When developing ideas I had to consider how I would break the...

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:39:50 -0400

When developing ideas I had to consider how I would break the barrier created by art gallery convention of not touching things. Would I use something as obvious as a sign or label inviting or instructing the viewer to touch, break etc… It got me thinking of fluxus boxes, whereby instructions were given and then Alice in Wonderland where objects came with tags instructing one to “Eat me”.

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Wed, 02 May 2012 08:30:42 -0400

This is Norma Jeane’s installation at the Venice Biennale...

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:18:31 -0400

This is Norma Jeane’s installation at the Venice Biennale 2011. Visitors were invited to do as they wished with the plasticine. Whether it be to play with it within the room or take pieces away.

Clare Twomey - Witness

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:12:21 -0400

Clare Twomey - Witness

Clare Twomey - Consciousness/Conscience

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:10:26 -0400

Clare Twomey - Consciousness/Conscience

Carl Andre - Steel Magnesium Plain I went to my first ever Art...

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:55:00 -0400

Carl Andre - Steel Magnesium Plain

I went to my first ever Art galleries in Madrid. I got told off several times for being too close to pieces, touching things, crossing my legs on a bench…

On one particular occasion, at the Reina Sofia gallery, I entered a room to find this piece. I immediately walked over it to find that the tiles were loose, rather than fixed to the floor. I thought that this might have been intentional and perhaps it was part of the piece that you move the tiles yourself, involving the viewer. So immediately began pulling out tiles, just for staff of the gallery to come running from adjacent rooms looking frantic and spouting angry Spanish. The piece wasn’t interactive, it was just tiles on the floor. This incident is what began me thinking that I wanted to create works that the viewer could touch, be involved with rather than feel seperate from.

Clare Twomey - Trophy This piece consisted of 4000 ceramic...

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:45:00 -0400

Clare Twomey - Trophy

This piece consisted of 4000 ceramic birds. Within 5 hours of opening at the V&A gallery the public had stolen all of the birds despite signs that said “Please do not touch”. I think that it was Twomey’s previous works, such as “Witness” where visitors left imprints in porcelain dust and “Consciousness/Conscience” where visitors were invited to walk over unfired bone china tiles, which both dealt with human interraction and appropriateness which left gallery-goers expecting this commission to challenge the same ideals. I like how Twomey’s works have completely reversed the usual stigma that comes along with “art” you don’t have to stand 3 metres away from it and walk at snail speed to appreciate it, you’re becoming part of it.