[Push the Boundaries]

In this artwork I reference the text 'push the boundaries' because I wanted to revisit a 'fermented' idea from my early ideas as a teen about what art first meant to me. When I was in year 11 at 16 years of age ( 2010) I defined  Abstract Expressionism as being about 'pushing the boundaries' & not abiding by traditional representation. Since then my idea of pushing the boundaries is a general principle I remind myself to live by. Making this work was about taking time to re-think how I can best push my limits to do the most good I can do in my life.

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Recommended Texts:

Highly recommend you to read/watch:

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The Most Good you can do (2015) - by Peter Singer (b. 1946), Australian ethical & political philosopher - this text is about Effective Altruism: "A philosophy and social movement which applies evidence and reason to working out the most effective ways to improve the world". (pg. 4)

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​Ways of seeing (1972) - by John Berger (1926-2017), English art critics, novelist, painter & poet - This TV series explains the way we see visual images in relation to consumerism, reproduction, photography, painting and the female nude.

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​Art/Trauma/Representation (2009) - by Griselda Pollock (b. 1949), Canadian & British art historian - This text discusses personal and historical trauma as traces of an event that can be sensed in images (or art), and how experiences of trauma can be found in art.

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​Scene of the Crime (1997) - by Ralph Rugoff (b. 1957), American curator - This text discusses how traces in images (or art) can be thought of as clues in a crime scene and the artist as an investigator looking to restore meaning to a scene of traumatic chaos.

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