Tuesday 21 October 2008

Johannes Vermeer/Assignment brief

So now that personal space is finished with, I can get my teeth into the second assignment of 302, which i'm looking forward to. The brief is much longer and spans from week three to week twelve at the end of term, and will be much more engaging and interesting than the first i feel.

We are asked to study the work of 17th century painter Johannes Vermeer, trying to interpret the meanings behind the paintings, and produce a series of work in response. And the two paintings we are asked to look at in particular are:
Woman with a Lute
Girl with a letter at an open window

We are asked for a body of work which contains at least four final images.

The brief itself seems really unlike anything we've had before, and I'm quite eager to get going with it, and get to grips in detail with the work of Vermeer. Also the brief is set not only by Sarah, but by contemporary photographer Dinu Li whose input and ideas could be very interesting for my work.

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