VIEW IN MY ROOM
Self Portrait with Two Failed Projects Painting
Switzerland
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 36 W x 46 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
Using the studio setup for the clothes project, I wrapped myself in two failed projects. One is a 270 sonobo unit origami polygon, the other is a crochet blanket done using systematic combinations of colour juxtapositions. Both failed: the origami ball couldn't hold its own weights, the blanket was meant to be shown with schematic tabular representation of the colour combination used which I had kept track of with colour pencils on a large sheet of paper. My dog ate the paper. The idea for the work came from the despairing moment when I completed the polygon and realised it wouldn’t hold its shape. I felt like burying my head in it. The failure lead to playful musings as to what could happen next with this object which was still enticing. And so I wrapped myself in two failures, cocooned myself in systematic colour and felt very complete. The multitude of colours in my work often come about through an effort to use ‘one of each’, a democratic approach to colour whether it be in the form of tubes of acrylic, origami paper, or wool. One third of the way through a large project which will involve thousands of more classical self portraits, I prefer this one without my face. The work exists as simple photographic prints, as collages onto which I have layered other failures and now as a painting, because I am a painter, after all.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 46 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Switzerland
Rodin's work is marked by an investigation into the relationship between art and science, which is deeply informed by her background in neurophysiology. A recurring theme in her work is the link between the individual and the crowd, the notion of free will and artistic originality. Her interest in science not only influences her methodological approach to her artistic practice but also her choice of materials. These have ranged from labels to various numbering methods, archives, museum display cases, X-ray viewing boxes, macro-photography and microscope slides. Much as in scientific imaging, colour is often used arbitrarily merely to differentiate shapes and statistically denote the structural elements making up her compositions. Questioning the existence of free will, a position common to most neuroscientists today, Rodin's work essentially seeks to undermine the idea of artistic originality and the attached value system in contemporary art. While Rodin's work has an emotional engagement with the materiality of painting, she seeks to balance this by adopting an objective, process based approach marked by scientific and theoretical distance. Nina Rodin is currently studying for an MA in painting at the Slade School of Fine Art.
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