The aim for my art work is to get the viewer to contemplate death and relate my work to their own lives. My works aim is to have an ephemeral appearance - as though they will not last long. Using the white rose as a metaphor to life, which will eventually end. The reality of my sculptures is that they may look ephemeral, but in reality they are made out of cardboard; never ageing, staying the same, representing westernised attitudes inability to accept their fate that one day we will die. I want my viewers to come away from looking at my artwork, with a different view on life and the acceptance/ acknowledgement that death is inevitable but that is ok. Once a death occurs; a new life begins.
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Ellen HardyThis blog will outline my ongoing artistic practice throughout my second&third year at university. Archives
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