2.0.02. Summers Inspirations in Places.

Photos taken from Tate.

Tate- Liverpool

I visit the Tate in Liverpool as regularly as I can, to remain mindful of other practitioners, as well as to gather inspiration and ideas which I can take forward into my own work. Recently there was the 'Mondrian' Exhibition and his Studios showing. I found his block colours and confidence in his line drawings inspiring, seeing some of the artwork that was shown gave me self confidence in my own work, how loosely he used expression markings in his line drawings.
Whilst there, as well as Mondrian exhibition, I enjoyed a couple of hours sketching or taking pictures, discovering artists and designers I've not known about. I found myself drawn to the work of Nasreen Mohamedi, finding the work to be quite geometric and symmetrical, which was in some ways  different to works I have previously seen displayed in the Tate. The other artist who stood out for me was Vienna Triptych, I felt the ways in which she and I worked was quite similar, she has used a lot of layers which have different meaning from each other. The Tate is a place where I can always find the inspiration to influence me and my direction of ideas.

Prague

Prague, in many ways has influenced me, with its inspiring architecture and history. I went there with limited knowledge about Prague itself, and came back full of inspiration and photos. The City itself is full of historic beautiful buildings, with extreme detailing in the stone or wood of the architecture, along with paintings which can be found everywhere, on the front of a hotel or the inside of a small church. There is so much to take in, fortunately to date Prague has not been touched by commercialism. Prague, itself is divided up in to districts, which such a change from the norm. 

From the detailing of balcony railings to the shape of a window, down to the ridging of a door frame, everything has been carefully selected and chosen to fit in with the city. 

Taking all this into consideration and reflecting on how they have worked to put the city together is how I feel I want to keep my work ethic continuing throughout the year. Detailed, original, unique, where everything is carefully selected, chosen with empathy and consideration to blend, develop and expand and extenuate every part of the whole.