Sophie Calle

The Hotel, Room 29 1981 Sophie Calle born 1953 Presented by the Patrons of New Art through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1999 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P78302

The work of Sophie Calle, a french photographer interests me because of the almost documentary style she has. I am drawn to her work because she focuses on social narratives and documents journeys, which is linked to my own work, The simplicity of her work is something I also like because it doesn’t take away from the narratives. I have began  to collect photographic evidence of the journeys and the things I encounter on them in my own work so I would like to continue to do so creating a photographic journal of my most frequent journeys like going to University.

Mike Nelson

This is the work of Mike Nelson and contemporary installation artist.I began to look at his work because I am interested in how to let people interact with my work. Within his work he creates labyrinth style installations where the audience an interact and move through the work. Within my own work I would like to look into creating a scene with the found objects which people can walk around and experience, almost as if they were experiencing a fragment of my journey.

Tony Cragg

I wanted to look at the work of the English Sculptor Toner Cragg because of his use of found materials. Within my own work I want to look at how to change the objects I find in some way for example by painting them and displaying them, trying to change the narrative each piece holds. By looking at the work of both Tony Cragg and Mark Dion I have come up with the idea of placing the painted objects in the environment and photographing them. By doing so making the footprint we leave on the world around us more visible. I like Cragg’s more simple work because allows more interpretation than the  figurative work seen above.

Mark Dion

Mark Dion is an American sculptor and installation artist who uses his interests in ecology zoology and archaeology to create his work with a main focus on nature. I became drawn to his work because of the way he displays his work.

Initially in my own work I began to collect various objects from my journeys around Cardiff, which lead me to the discovery of mark Dion especially the Thames dig Piece as I’m interested in ways in which I could document my own journey through the objects that people have left behind and also look at the impact we have on the world around us.

From looking at Dion’s work I would like to document my findings more thoroughly to create a directory of everything I’ve found. The way he displays his work is really important too and something I need to think about when exhibiting my work.

Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver 1988-9 Cornelia Parker born 1956 Purchased with assistance from Maggi and David Gordon 1998 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T07461

Thirty Pieces of Silver 1988-9 Cornelia Parker born 1956 Purchased with assistance from Maggi and David Gordon 1998 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T07461

Cornelia Parker is an English sculptor and installation Artist. Im especially interested in the work “Thirty pieces of silver which was made by going over the silver objects with a steam roller. I began to look at her work because of the way she interacts with ready made objects and how I could try and change the objects I have found on my journeys to try and alter the meaning of the objects.