Series - Body of workI posted this to the QuiltArt mailing list on the issue of working in series and devoloping a body of work:As I've only been doing art quilts for little over a year I do what ever comes to mind. And I'm going to keep on doing that.But, as a means of going somewhere, I'd like to have something continuous going on - an idea, a motive, a concept. I don't think it's time yet for me to fuss about it but it's clever to let it start mulling in the back process of my mind.One reason is that I'd like to do a solo show (healthy abition) and when I set it up I'd like to be able to group the pieces so that viewers get the feeling of a flow or connection. I went to a solo show of a painter friend of our. It was so chaotic in the sense that almost nothing matched. I guess part of that may have been because of poorly planned selection, or total lack of it. The basic set up of the show did not have an artistic flavour to it thus undermining the credibility of his work.Then there was another show I attended. The artist displayed some 40 items made of marble concrete (?) molded into the same shape and same size. The only "variety" were the lace pattern pressed into the concrete while wet. You had to walk up close to see the difference between one and another. The impression I got was that the artist got this idea and milked it to death. At the end of the show only one item had sold (if counting the red dots). I guess the work process of this serie did a lot for the artist but presenting it like this totally flunked for me as an spectator.My conclusion so far is that series most importantly serve the artist. But a serie has to have variety to reach its goal for development and purpose.Now, these ramblings come from a complete amateur as art is concerned. But then again, I think it's good for me to think about this already, perhaps to avoid getting caught up in all the do-s and don't-s of the art industry. I am such a novice that I haven't mingled with the crowd which informs me what "we" artists think. :-) Posted by Ólöf I. Davíðsdóttir 10:44 . . .
