Ideas for art pieces can be prompted in the strangest ways, sometimes it’s by simple everyday events or as a result of much thinking, on rare occasions its because one of my lecturers says ‘do this you sculpting scum’ and I feel obliged. This was one such occasion, when I said I wanted to do some kinetic art my lecturer suggested creating a pinball machine, I decided this wasn’t a bad idea and decided to work with it. As I have previously discussed I was first made aware of Oldenburg when I went to a retrospective of his work in New York, days later I visited Coney Island. While walking around Coney Island I was inspired to create a work based on it’s landmarks and culture, I did some sketches in a notebook and the idea was left undeveloped. I bought a few years ago an old bagatelle board, I removed the old backboard and replaced it with laminated foam board, I then sprayed the metal framework for a upcycled look. I wanted to create a pinball inspired functional piece of artwork which depicted Coney Island so I painted the backboard using acrylic and sponge, I used several colours to create the appearance of a landscape. I started with blue for the sea and moved up through reds and oranges to beach like tones, I mixed in green for a treeline and turquoise of an autumnal skyline. Using skills i've worked on earlier in the project I then drew the landmarks of Coney Island in permanent fineliner. I think the end result was an interesting piece because it explore some media I don't tend to use, also it combined modern imagery with a vintage carnival like colour scheme. I create the work because I wanted to create another work which explore the relationship between movement and art and also because it allowed me to experiment with upcycling older object into newer more interesting ones, a theme in my final piece. The work was successful, it was perhaps let down by my drawing skills and although it isn't technically excellent it is visually pleasing.The ideas I explored in creating this work will assist me in my final piece, as my final piece will be a collection of modules it will be possible for me to intertwine a bagatelle like element.
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