I have now completed this piece(s). I decided that the foam, having come to me in a Help the Aged bag and therefore was a symbol of protection on more than one level. However, after much experimentation with ideas around expressing the notion of protection I then decided that a more positive slant was better. The new 'collectibles' conjour up notions of aspiration - reflecting an aspect of the very consumer products the foam was made to protect and our association of aspiration with cleanliness, godliness, shinyness and tactile products we collect to put texture and feeling to our hopes and achievements. Of course, you can't collect these items so the statement is ironic in one sense and also a comment on art coillection in another. But anyway, lets tally up the actual cost of making this art shall we...
Petrol to pick up foam - £1
PVA Glue - £6.29
The Sun newspaper - £0.30
Print - £6
Frame & Glass - £12
Grand Total: £24.59
Free stuff...
Paint (mine - left over paint from previous work)
Time, thoughts care, effort, motivation, back ache!
Liquid Latex
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