METAPHOR
Tenor - The subject of the idea conveyed.
Vehicle - Agent of transmission.
Concepts - Semantics (meaning, Sensations (feelings evoked), Structure (formal properties).
"Keep my heart in my pocket" "Show your heart" "Watch me fall apart" "Falling through lost spaces"
We looked at artists and discussed the above concepts on the subject of each of their works.
Mona Hatoum - Light Sentence
Having only a photo to go by, we speculated that the tenor might be the idea of days passing in a prison cell. The light in the centre of the room slowly moves up and down creating the illusion of the suns rise and fall. This installation evokes a feeling of darkness and isolation found in a prison cell. The vehicle is the light moving up and down inside the cage creating a cycle of light and shadow of prison bars.
"CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS SHAPE NOT JUST COMMUNICATION, BUT THE WAY WE THING AND ACT"
We looked at the different kinds of metaphors: Orientation metaphors - we came up with, 'head over heels, 'over the moon', 'under the weather', 'feeling low' and 'in front (future) behind (past)'.
Time is Money metaphors - words such as, 'spend', 'save' and 'lose' are used interchangeably.
Knowledge is food and drink metaphors - 'hunger/thirst for knowledge', 'feed the mind', 'starved mind', 'food for thoughts', 'ideas bearing fruit' and 'a choked mind'.
We explored the symbolism of dutch Vanitas with the ongoing 'Memento Mori' theme of death and morality. The key recurring symbols of the end of time were skulls, pocket watches, spilled wine, burnt out candle sticks and run out egg times. These showed life in a 'meaningless' light, showing material wealth to be of little importance in the face of death.
"VANITY OF VANITIES, SAITH THE PREACHER, ALL IS VANITY"
Using basic poster paints we explored the concept of fine art by making paintings with a range of techniques that excluded drawing or painting an object. Instead we used projectors to paint around objects, mark making and printing with objects to create a 'picture'. We also looked at the use of colour within an image and how to select tones that would compliment each other.
Above is one of my more successful paintings, for which I folded the paper and colour blocked areas of fold. I found that simplicity often held the key to success in the case of fine art.
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