#thesis2fall2023

Simone Leigh at ICA Boston Museum Visit - Sept 3, 2023

Self Directed Practice Final

Question: How does Duchamp's act of turning the exhibition "topsy-turvy" challenge the traditional expectations of gallery spaces and the viewer's experience?

This collage was created with film photographs I have taken and collected over the years. I assembled the pieces comprised of places I have traveled to, to create a surrealist dreamscape that would effectively flow as one. I plan on collaging much more of my photography to create more landscapes or surreal scenes.

For my Redo/Undo project I chose to do a painting for the medium switch up. I wanted to focus more on the emotion behind my history with my knee surgeries, particularly the tiredness of the repeated procedures I had to endure and the disconnect I felt from my body as I moved through the many months of recovery. I put more emphasis on the expression on her face over her actual body. The choice to keep her unclothed was to capture the sense of vulnerability I felt in those years.

For my introduce yourself assignment I had chosen 3 segments from my thesis 1 board project. The reason for choosing this piece was partly because by the time the semester began I knew I wanted to continue and push this concept further. This project provided me the opportunity to explore the emotions and difficulties behind having had 6 reconstructive knee surgeries and how to put forth those concepts into a physical piece. There tends to be much range to my work, I don't particularly stay working with one medium for very long before I eventually circle back around to it, making experimentation and exploration a big part of my art as a whole.

Independent Practice: Final

chicken wire