Sonia Shiel's current exhibition features mostly paintings with some reduced ready-made sculptures acting as props. The puzzling works seem to be set in a theatrical setting, offering a keyhole view into often bizarre, unsettling realms. One painting, "all quiet", perplexingly dismantles notions of narrative painting by including a baluster strewn across the canvas and a strange posed figure. Narratives are obscure and atmospheres brooding, creating claustrophobic situations echoing Brothers Grimm tales with moral fears and hemmed in romantic associations that leave viewers in a state of perpetual anxiety.
Analysis of a series of artistic works through the lens of aesthetic and contextual chaos, whether they work on the same level, and the potential reactions these artists sought out from owners and audiences in creating these pieces.
Analysis of a series of artistic works through the lens of aesthetic and contextual chaos, whether they work on the same level, and the potential reactions these artists sought out from owners and audiences in creating these pieces.
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - Penguin Books Australia. The Book Review: THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe. PPT - Introduction to Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart PowerPoint .... (PDF) Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the Lucid One, and Crisis of .... Things Fall Apart Essay Help - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. خواطر حول رواية " أشياء تتداعى " - Things Fall Apart للعبقري النيجيري .... How "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe Is Structured. Review essay: things fall apart by chinua achebe. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Full ChapterWise Summary with Analysis,Background and Quotations.
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A one of a kind collector, American artist and filmmaker Joseph Cornell gathered more than just found objects. Cornell surrounded himself with physical and conceptual collections which were an integral part of his existence as a person and as a creator. While the personal diaries contained an accumulation of his thoughts, hopes, memories, experiences, and feelings, the artist's house treasured a versatile selection of objects that he obtained from New York's book stores, thrift shops, flea-markets, antique fairs, and the outdoors. Rare prints, books, photographs, toys, magazine pages, found objects, and anything else imaginable constituted his growing collection. Cornell gathered ideas and things that spoke to him and then transformed them into small interactive microcosms. By viewing his artwork we can gain a better understanding of his persona.
Comprehending Cornell's lifestyle and emotional being is crucial in viewing and appreciating his work. Spending his entire life in New York caring for his brother, who had special needs, Cornell had difficulty communicating with the outside world. Despite the multitude of his artistic connections, he lacked the ability to form relationships. Cornell's heart ached for celebrity women, for whom he expressed his affections for through art.
With no formal training, Cornell developed an individual approach to art-making, using highly complex concepts and techniques. He was especially influenced by the Surrealist style and ideas which may be detected in his Fantastic creations. Max Ernst's collages inspired Cornell to produce his own, which with time, evolved into three-dimensional assemblages. Another significant impact on his work was the Victorian Era with its lavish decorating and an overabundant use of space. Similar to Victorian homes, Cornell's house was filled with collections which he carefully organized in boxes.
Like a porous sponge, Cornell collected impressions, experiences, and sensations which he instantaneously recorded. Small shadow boxes with glass lids contain examples of the "juicy material" that Cornell had gathered. Through the glass door, unique juxtapositions of objects and images evoke a sense of wonder, luring in the audience for a closer look. The surprising arrangement of unlikely matter is reminiscent of Man Ray's Gift or Marc Chagall's I and the Village. The boxes are fantastic, poetic, nostalgic, and romantic expressions of Cornell's life, sometimes mixed with desperation and melancholy. These small cubicles of magic may be compared to the Cabinets of Curiosities in their content and display of matter. In each box assemblage, the collagist combined rare finds in the most bizarre way to tell a story about his life and to allude to the childhood that was forever gone.
In addition to the box assemblages, Cornell also experimented with film, layering scenes, sounds, and frames similar to his sculptural collages. Layers of time and mem.
1. Exhibition Review – Sonia Shiel
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, 30
th
April – 30th May 2015
Sonia Shiel’s current show ‘here, while the bees are sleeping’, is made up of mostly paintings. Unlike
previous endeavors, ready-made sculptures of found material, such as cardboard and wood are
reduced, acting as a prop to the paintings. Puzzling works, they are secured within what appears to be
a theatrical setting. The outer edges offer a keyhole into an often bizarre, unsettling realm. all quiet is
a painting that perplexingly dismantles preconceived notions of narrative painting. A baluster is strewn
across the canvas, small vertical struts acting as a barrier between the viewer and the strange pose of
an opposing figure. Barely legible, her expression is unclear; her arms may be outstretched, as she
beckons light in from the outside. A strange reflection sits about her head, as if being showered by
light. She stands awkwardly between the symmetry of the divergent potted plants.
Narrative is an obvious reference to art historical painting, but Shiel doesn’t disclose her narratives
easily. The brooding atmosphere that underscores her work is difficult to pin down. Somber colour and
densely rendered backdrops create a claustrophobic situation. Echo’s of the Brothers Grimm1
comes
to mind, moral tales that were embroiled with fear. Romantic associations are hemmed in, but a grand
definitive resolve doesn’t present its self. Instead, the viewer is left hanging amid a state of perpetual
anxiety. aquatics glow is set between the enclosed dimensions of a door frame, the dramatically lit
figures engage in a unusual activity. An exchange takes place; a fishing net is secured to door handles
in an attempt to contain the catch. Behind the couple, tassels hang, penning the couple in further. The
idyllic meets with the menacing in an uncomfortable trade off.
burrows open is a play on theatrical lighting, a figure is slumped in an armchair. A blanket is placed
beneath her; it reaches out and becomes part of the set. A nervous rabbit sits motionless against a
spotlight above. Again, a suffocating air is reaffirmed, by an odd, disjointed compositional setting.
Skewed angles are articulated in the leaning balusters. This device is repeated in the moon shines, a
woman is perched on the edge of a window frame. An imperfect architrave is loosely defined, butted
against the edge of the canvas support. She stares pensively into the distance, a white rose clasped
between her fingers. Bizarrely, her legs appear to extend across the floor to the adjoining room.
Shiel’s pallet ranges from somber ochre’s, emphasized with ill creams and mawkish yellows. Interiors
are decked out in viridian, with accents of crimson hue.
an egg bursts finds a girl starring at a strangely balanced egg. Her large eyes engrossed in the
spectacle of an inflamed egg suspended mid air. A rosy face mirrors it, plump lips closed, pondering,
waiting in anticipation. Shiel’s supremely deft handling of paint is accentuated in the broad drapes of
colour. A brisk, ruddy splotch is freely smeared across the girls’ expression. cloud breaks is a
multidimensional work, a child is framed within the confines of an oval accessory, she too examines
and opens a locket. Again, a murky solid ground provides a backdrop to a baffling narrative. Planes of
orange block in her face, imitating the soft glow that is unlocked between her hands.
1
Brothers Grimm were German academics and authors who collected folklore during the 19th
century
2. Shiel has chosen to minimize her assemblages, usually from everyday discarded material. never
waking, never rousing, never seen is a tightknit narrative that binds the work together. The poetic is
responded to in each work, the titles riffing from the body of the text. Their unimposing stature echoes
the retreating final verse of the poem. Flowers materialize from never seen, anchored in a dull mound.
A wasp fumbles on it’s back in never rousing, walking the plank it decides to escape. never waking is
a assortment of foraged items, mushrooms and flower stems. The title suggestive of deep sleep, the
paraphernalia of myth and folklore, consumed toxic substance. They are placed in a curious, tarnished
wooden box, its purpose difficult resolve. Shiel examines these props and taps into a world that is part
illusory and part real. This vague elusiveness, conjures feelings of apprehension and unease.