Swansea Museum Review
Today me and my class visited Swansea Museum, an exercise to improve our outlook on the arts. We were shown various mediums of work from mono-print to oil painting to glass, i cant remember the host speakers name but i do know she had come down from our art college and gave some good insight on the work there.
Our class tutor gave us the task of writing a review on our preferred artist, i already knew who i was covering as his work caught my eye first.
The talented artists is Richard Monahan, he graduated from Swansea Institute in 2004 and is currently studying a phd in fine arts. Richards drawings are full of odd obscure characters with over exaggerated body parts, many of his pieces are of his expressions in the mirror.
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| Copyright of Richard Monahan |
His work has been featured in a number of galleries from Mission Gallery to House Of Fogg.
Richard had four pieces of work on display each with a nice variation in size and design. The one i chose to review was titled "I do not ask to live to 100, i prefer to have no fixed amount of days to the number of my days" a very interesting title which could be related to the artists beliefs? Maybe he is saying live for the present and not to dwell on your past life and future demise.
I wasn't sure how to take the artists work when i saw it, it was definitely strange and it looked as though it had many mediums such as chalk, ink, embroidery and quilting but getting closer i noticed that he used mono-print with various layers, shapes and textures to achieve his work.
The meaning of this work is difficult to interpret in certain areas such as the sea of eyeballs surrounding him while he is sat on a bike! The clue to this arts meaning is in the dead washed up whale on which the title is placed, as i said before maybe he is saying live for the present and do not dwell on past and future events.
I'm glad i attended the museum today as Richards work helped me see from another perspective of creating art, maybe not always being so literal and instead using words to help the viewer understand the imagery of your work.
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| Copyright of Richard Monahan |
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