‘To age is not a crime’ major project

5th Mar 202028th Mar 2020 | harussell1

I decided to start working on the construction and reconstruction of the face using the image of Hang Mioku.I decided to record this process using the hyper focus setting

Decided to paint a continous line picture of the 3rd stage of Hang Mioku’s surgery.Then i painted a sheet in cooking oil which relates to the cooking oil she injected into herself.I particulary liked the way the sheet of cooking oil gave an aged look to the painting.I then wanted to create layers and abstract shapes in response to the painting underneath.I then took this abstract image and placed it on top of the previous image of Hang Mioku previous to her surgery.

Continuing the construction of Hang Mioku’s image.I painted an image of her old image prior to the 10 surgeries to fix it and then used this image to layer the current image.I decided to use latex and inject it with oil.And masking tape to represent bandaging.The oil stained the paper underneath but did not have the desired effect which was to make the latex bubble.What I find particulary interesting is how the latex has removed the oil from the paper underneath it.I wanted to use the large eyes again to focus on Hang’s hunger for the surgery.I wanted to use the chicken meat so that people would feel disgusted at the industry.I think this image has been quite sucessful

‘The Broad’ by Jean Michel Basquait. I feel that this painting relates well to plastic surgery as it shows the inner turmoil of the mind and also the patchwork often messy look of after surgery or even botched surgery.

Jenny Savile ‘Ugly’ I like how this painting uses the title ‘ugly’ and presents someone who has went through surgery in order to look ‘pretty’ I think has great irony and hopefully disgusts people the same way i want to with my art.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_ytbaK8aLlap0CLR4bw5G1lMlzI27ijn

I decided to use layers of emulsion then cooking oil and ink to build up a painting which was originally of Hang Mioku.I liked the way the oil ran with the ink and the consistancy of it.I then decided to deconstruct using a chisel which is an instrument shaped similar to an osteotome use in nose surgery.I then thought of the phrase ‘your eyes are bigger then your belly’ in terms of plastic surgery.The want and need for more and more.So I used egg cartons to suggest this then poured oil into them untill it over flowed (see video).I think i like this piece at certain stages but not at others.Particualy the abstract ink/oil stage and when i had freshly scratched into it.I wonder if this is the same feeling people have at particular stages in surgery?I also can’t say that i feel a strong like or dislike towards this piece which i am still trying to figure out why

I visted this exhibition this time last year and found that the size of the photo’s themselves had the most shocking impact.All the different stages of Emin’s surgery learing over you in a very intimadating fashion.

The ideal that surgery will lead to ultimate happyness is often wrong.

I experimented with injecting oil into an orange and a chicken thigh due to their skin-like texture.I felt that there was something ever so slightly sexual about the way the oil seeped back out again

Viktor Ivanov ‘Meat teddybear’ was a partial inspiration behind me sewing the chicken skin together and making ‘meat parcels’

The deconstruction and reconstruction of the chicken piece.I wanted to show how once flesh is operated on it will never look the same again whether this be in a bad or a good way.I want people to be disgusted by the piece which seems to of been the effect that has happened around the class.

I decided to sew the skin together to give the effect of human skin.I loved the visual effect of how the skin looked slimey and grotesque and also how the inside of the chicken skin was similar to that of human flesh.I also liked the connection between ‘the butchers’ on the chicken pack and how people are basically butchered during botch plastic surgery jobs.

‘To Age is not a crime’ Major Project

26th Feb 202028th Mar 2020 | harussell1

I started looking at replacing the features of the face with cut outs form magazines to show the commercial element of plastic surgery and how people are influenced by it.I used red in the background of the original image as symbolism for danger/warning.

I then started to focus on the continous line drawing I had drawn of Hang Mioko.How could i develop this further?I decided to use cooking oil to paint continous line pictures of her.I found it very interesting the way the oil slowly seeped into the newsprint paper and made it become transparent.

I used this piece by Jonathan Yeo to influence my performance art piece.By using the incisions lines around the eyes to suggest where to cut.I like the mixed media appeal to this painting.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a5YWqUQ5dozH9V73d6JrQSG47kwoeNEc

Stage 1-wanted to show incision lines true to the ones used in surgery

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a5YWqUQ5dozH9V73d6JrQSG47kwoeNEc

I think the next stage is to start injecting oil into different items to see how it reacts and doccumenting this.

‘Under the lense’ Looking at different elements of the face under a magnifying glass in the same way someone with body dismorphia might.And Also from the point of view of a surgeon.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/body-dysmorphia/

https://www.addictioncenter.com/community/plastic-surgery-addiction/

I think i want to experiment with some more photography/performance art pieces involving the surgeon and patient and play around with the control aspect.

#daytoday 2D

27th Sep 20194th Oct 2019 | harussell1

Today I wanted to try and create and explore creating more ‘voids’ and a feeling of empty/loneliness within the painting.It will be interesting once the paint has dried to photocopy it and reverse the colours.I have tried to predict how this will turn out loosley by where I have placed the colours but I’m willing to accept that they may not turn out the way I planned.

#daytoday 2D

25th Sep 20194th Oct 2019 | harussell1

Today i experimented further with mixed media,I questioned things such as what is a home?I also thought about the control and power a landlord/council have to be able to make someone leave somewhere they consider home all of a sudden and the feeling that comes with that which i displayed using an array of blues/blacks and browns and seeping black ink into tissue/masking tape to show how mental illness slowly takes over.I aso used the image of a tent wich i first discovered from a newspaper article during the day today project in the first week along with drawing the imageof one if the parcels i made in week two which represents people being sent away.I also think more care is taken of parcels then human beings.

I found my collage to be the most sucessful piece but also the most colourful.I’m not sure if these are the right colours for this theme and may try to create something similar using more muted colours.

I also think the photocopied ‘postive to negative’ prints worked out pretty well but i still need to explore other options on the photocopier.

I also thought about how the homeless are considered as invisable and kind of washed out by society by white washing over tissue etc.