This blog's title is based upon the best question I ever overheard being asked, by a young Liverpudlian child to his mother, as in "What's..?". The answer seems to be something of a creative and cultural nature which, in deed (primarily the making of art) and word, this blog intends to explore...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
(untitled)
graphite, putty eraser, wax crayon & watercolour/30x20cm
Continuing the sequence of watercolour drawings constructed around the subject/object matter of the found 'roadkill' cans, the particular featured example of which has previously had its reverse face represented in similar form.
Again, the framework of the formal composition incorporates explicit, complementary horizontal & vertical elements, with here the addition of a few broader, bolder strokes of yellow, intended specifically to echo & relate to the yellow band of the design of the can's branded identity, as the object exists within the continuum of the overall 'tactile space' of the surface/ground.
Soundtrack:
Emily Jane White 'Dark Undercoat'
The Chasms 'Advance Paranoia, Advance'
Moon Wiring Club 'Striped Paint for the Last Post'
Charlotte Gainsbourg '5:55'
Labels:
'roadkill',
drawing,
road markings,
still life,
watercolour
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glad you're still listening to the Chasms album. there's a sneak peak at the 2nd album (will be ready for release by the end of September)
http://soundcloud.com/spoiltvictorianchild/blue-sun-golden-sky
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