Letters and Numbers with Dave

Radicchio

It is grown as a leaf vegetable which usually has white veined red leaves.It has a Bitter and Spicy taste. Which mellows when it is grilled or roasted.

Piny the elder claimed Radicchio was useful as a blood purifier and an acid for insomniacs in naturals history.

contains intybin
originated in Italy.

began in the fithteenth century

reflective practice

words and numbers- Alternative miss world, for this project so far i have looked into the background of alternative miss world, looking at the boldness within the personalities of the artists. the way they express themselves and how open they are about themselves, i find it inspiring to see how people can be so comfterble in their own skin. from this research i have tried to bring in colour and boldness which reflect the meaning of alternative miss world. using abstract forms to create a poster reflecting alternative miss world. we also did a excessive where we were each given a name of a fruit or vegetable which most of us didn't know what they were or had never heard of them. we researched into that fruit looking at the colour, texture, shape and what effect it could have on the human body. from this research i tried to incorporate these different elements into my work.

In the box
this excursive involved a cardboard box and our own thoughts, making our own meaning to what the box was, what it meant and what it could represent. i started by concentrating on how the box made me feel and expanded from there. for example...

im in my own little world
cracks of light shining through
privacy
maybe too much privacy
personality shines through
hope
trapped
bravery
blocked
shut off
peaceful
surrounded by mirrors- all there is to look at is yourself- everything reflects on you
fixed with your own thoughts and feelings
can be stubborn but free
trapped in your own mind
can only hear past the box don't know whats going off outside
all to see is what u can make out through the cracks
sound-rhythms, echoes
like a chick hatching from an egg
scratches, scraps
no one knows whats going on inside the box, mystery
protected
vulnerable
innocent
a secret to hide
shame
crumbling box, reflects on emotions
exploratory- kids find so much fun with a piece of cardboard why?
torture
restricted
is this by choice or not
Dens, rockets, houses
pretend your in a different reality
a way to escape
characters
games
from another world
could be used as a good prank- humour
the unexpected
whats on the outside can be different to whats on the inside
different size of boxes
uncomfortable
issues with expression

from this exercise i created a starting mind map for alternative miss world. after this excursive

Rene Magritte

Surreal artist Rene Magritte would describe his paintings saying,"My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, 'what does that mean?' it does not mean anything. Because mystery means nothing, it is unknowable."

He was born in 1898, into a wealthy family. His mother committed suicide in 1912, and the family was publicly humiliated. Rene went to go and study in Brussels at the academie des Beaux-Art from 1916-1918. He decided to leave as he saw it was a waste of time. Afterwards all his paintings reflected cubism, introduced by Pablo Picasso which was very popular at the time. He married a women called Georgette in 1922 and took on a number of small jobs which included, painting cabbage roses for a wallpaper company, in order to pay his bills.

Shortly following his marriage, during the early days of his career, Rene Magritte spent his free time creating forms and created a number of pieces, this was when he realized the art form he most enjoyed was surrealism. one of his earliest pieces called The Threatened Assassin was created 1926, which showcased the surrealist style which he had been working on. Another early piece, The lost Jockey which was introduced in 1925, which also showcased this art form. He produced a number of variants of this piece over the course of his career and, changed the format to recreate what the viewer was experiencing.

Rene Magritte had his first one man show in 1927, in Brussels which took place at the Galerie la Centaurie. He was producing nearly one piece of art work each day, which made for an extensive showing, which critics heaped abuse on the exhibition. From this he decided to move to Paris where he met and became close friends with artist Andre Breton, the founder of Surrealism. Andre published his famous, "The Surrealist Manifesto", in 1924. In which he based Surrealist theory on a simplistic understanding of the psychoanalysis work of Sigmund Freud. In particular his interpretations of dreams. Rene Magritte became actively involved in the surrealist group from 1927 to 1930, and much of the works were described as cavernous, with many of his paintings showcasing bizarre scenes, with a hint or eroticism.