Two weeks ago, in my Drawing and Imaging class, we were coincidentally given a collage assignment around the same time I was doing collage work in my Studio class. Excited and inspired to work, I began looking around for small things that I could include into my collages. In studio, I created a full page collage that involved themes of body image, social status and norms, and the rise in technology. Because this spread was so large and grandiose, I really wanted to streamline my Drawing assignment and further explore my minimalistic style.
I was given the assignment to collage in my sketchbook and draw around the space – connecting the two mediums. In class, my professor left the assignment fairly open-ended and instructed my fellow colleagues and I to simply “paste random images, or scraps of paper into a double page spread and draw around it” – the medium(s) were left up to us. I did as she was instructed, and on one page, I fixed a photo of my aura in the lower left hand corner and drew/ wrote around it. The inscriptions around this photo were all centered around a theme of spirituality, growth, and self realization, as I tried to dive into my mind and go on a mental journey within. For the second page, I pasted a small envelope with text describing ‘home’ and drew a palace around it as well. I really wanted to focus on the simplicity of a home, and make the viewer question what ‘home’ really is. I did as my professor had instructed, but after critiques, I realized that I hadn’t met her expectations as she had wanted me to paste more images in, and connect them in a “more visceral way”. *IMAGES OF PROCESS ARE BELOW*
This was a conscious risk that I was willing to take for the sake of maintaining and practicing my very own minimalistic style or working. Personally, I don’t necessarily believe that I “failed” this assignment. While I was disappointed with the criticism I received, it further strengthened my ability to defend my work.
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