MAKING MYSELF A MONSTER_ LISA TEMPLE COX
Lisa came in to talk to us about her work and personal philosophy on her MA course. She explored portraiture and self identity through teratological specimens. Her work was fascinated by anatomy, and suggested the blurred lines between reality, disturbing, beauty and supernatural.
Her work is based on her own self identity, tying in culture and race. She focussed a lot on the importance of the face and features, giving an individual identity. she wanted to show how closely matched portraiture and specimens really are.
Lisa’s work included a lot of brain, a link between great creativity.
Lisa highlighted the importance of great research. All of her research was collected from primary sources, visiting museums all over the world to see different and fascinating specimens. She never went any deeper than visual research- she didn't want to know the history or story behind them, allowing her to create her one impressions and opinions. This puzzled me, as I had always been taught my research had to be contextualised. She spoke about how a photograph of an artwork becomes flat, stored and forgotten, whereas a drawing records sensory information and creates a connection.
This was a really interesting and valuable lecture. It taught me the importance of first hand and primary research. It also gave me motivation to fully immerse and be intrigued by my passion, obsessing over the smallest detail.
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