Due to lock down and it's social and physical limitations, it has been difficult to gather research and inspiration through many means other than online exploration.
As well as following artist's work online via blogs, artist websites, online exhibitions and virtual tours; I have also been watching artist documentaries and interviews to gain a deeper understanding into their practice and general philosophy as a creative. I find that by delving into the minds of your favourite creators, you can begin to understand their process a little better and find new ways of kick starting your projects that you might not have previously thought of. I think it's important to get out of your comfort zone as an artist to halt any brewing stagnation in your approach to your practise and to hinder any repetitiveness that could be unhelpful within your work.
I have watched interviews of Jenny Saville, Lynnea Holland Weiss, Francis Bacon, Naudline Cluvie Pierre, Paula Rego and many more in an attempt to observe different ways of working and thought processes towards the creative process.
In addition to this, I have watched artist documentaries featuring Francis Bacon (A Brush With Violence), Marlene Dumas and Salvador Dali to gain a contextual and cultural understanding of their career as an artist, again, to challenge me to think differently and get outside my comfort zone, in the hopes of creating work that is new to me and my practise and finding new ways to combat the artistic dry spell that sometimes hinders me.
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