I liked this mirror sculpture in the Whitworth because due to the nature of its shape it distorts whatever is placed in front of it, I could consider whether including shapes of mirrors to distort sections of the room for my final piece to show distortion of the room which in itself is a portrayal of inside my mind.
I really liked this piece by Gillian Ayres called Reef. The main reason I love it is it is so abstract and expressionist, very similar to my artist I'm looking at Machowski but Ayres manages to create these very subtle textures in her paint which is another avenue of painting I could explore to incorporate into my work.
This piece by Faith Wilding also caught my attention due to the intricacy of the textile work and how this whole room had been crocheted together and then had to be delicately placed. This piece known as the 'Womb Room' reminds me of synapses in the brain and also due to the fact it being displayed in a pitch black room apart from the light in the middle also caught my attention as it allowed me to see how shadows work on a black background which isn't very well. Seeing this piece has also allowed me to see how dark the location of my final piece is going to have to be to gain the desired effect that I want.
Another piece that caught my eye in the Whitworth was by Anya Gallaccio called 'Red Door With Handle' the reason this piece caught my attention was that the door has been robbed of it's pathos similar to the effect that Parker wanted in her work with 'Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View' which Parker explained in her interview with the Tate for her exhibition there. Rather than being a door this is now a frame for the intricate petal art this is also similar to some of the work I am doing in my final piece where I am taking old out of use furniture and turning it into these beautifully destroyed objects as focal points of my final piece.
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