An Introduction
I am a BA Fine Art Student at DMU, i have just finished my Art and Design Foundation Course where i gained a distinction. My final project was based on Family artefacts mainly inherited which included photographs, documents, household objects and items of clothing (my mothers nursing uniform). Ultimately, this was tied up with my identity too because i am trying to resolve (apparently) issues to do with my past and origins and future! This project is not a collection of work from Foundation project but something i have collated to highlight identity. This is an ongoing issue for me. My influences have been recently Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Vincent Van Gogh and i have also looked extensively at the work of Nan Goldin, Grayson Perry,Sophie Calle and especially GIllian Wearing through my contextual studies. For my foundation project i did an installation using monoprints a medium i have adopted. Identity is something i want to explore in my art though not in an obvious or gratuitious way and the danger with it, i am already a bit self obsessed being an artist...
