My blog posts have been a useful exploration and introduction into some art theories, movements, artists and essays that I wouldn’t of otherwise thought about looking at before to support my work. This has been a weekly enriching task for me, exercising my research and organisation skills.
A task that I found useful in particular was task 5, writing about a piece of artwork I had seen in person. It was enjoyable writing about my favourite piece of artwork and arguing about the importance of seeing a piece of artwork ‘in the flesh’. I always find that writing about artists and issues is always good practice, which I enjoy. One thing that I struggled with in these blog tasks was the fact I was getting distracted while researching some elements, especially in task 7 comparing texts. I ended up looking at different concepts and artists that came to rise in the 70s. Getting distracted is a blessing and a curse, as on the one hand it’s fun to lose myself in something I’m interested in for a minute, but everything ends up taking a lot longer than planned.