Note/Thought - Incidental Salon /October 25, 2017 by Ally McGinn

‘incidental salon’ either a title or an explorational process.

An ongoing exploration of contextual theory, surrounding my artistic practice.

This blog was initially created as part of my MA. It includes research done, as well as studio updates.

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Experimentation continues, a new painting in progress
#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Re-configuration

#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

There is something incredibly engaging in the conversation between paintings and plinths

#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Re-presenting Artefact
A few object based questions today, representing re-presentation.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Unwanted commodification
Functional painting
Re-presented artefact

Alone in the studios today, which usually leads to dancing....... #artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Wading in the periphery of painting in the studio while exploring the language of painting on paper.
Peripainting, unpainting, repainting, quasipainting, semipainting......playing with prefixes is more fun than it probably should be.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Layering in space...... Moving studios in two weeks. No time to get into anything substantial means time to explore and experiment. Getting the hands, eyes and mind moving again ready for the final push towards the MA show in September.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

I’m physically back in the studio!!!!! Now time to get mentally back into the studio.... For now, a few details of work being re-considered after two weeks away.
#artstudent #art #student #contemporarypanting #installation #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #connections #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #artiseverywhere #juxtaposition #kunst #contemporaryinstallation #picoftheday #placement #readymade #emergingartist #whatisart #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#wip #nomination #thisisart

Two weeks away from the studios (and the rather mental work pace that I set for myself) is a time to get some headspace and some distance from the work. The lack of updates will revert to normal form next week. For now I leave you with the view from the top of a hill fort in the Forest of Dean, a surprisingly comfortable hammock, and my elbow. #notart #sleepingoutsideisamazing #elbowselfie #studentlife #worththehike #hammocksarecomfy #unlessyoutrytorollover #noart #artistatrest #completedissconnect #canilivehere? #theonlywayicanstopworkingistohikeforhours #nowifi #nopeople #onlydeerandhugebulls #simplethings #living #picoftheday #wishingiwasthereagain #birthdayinafewweeks #hammocksandhikingalltheway

The Functional Object in Painting
The Re-presentation of Artefact
The Dialogue in Value

Officially 2/3’s of the way through my MA! Hand in is done....time to catch up on five months sleep over the next two weeks before it all begins again!
#artstudent #art #contemporarypainting #foundart #installation #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #connections #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #artiseverywhere #juxtaposition #kunst #contemporaryinstallation #picoftheday #placement #readymade #emergingartist #whatisart #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#nomination #thisisart #imtootiredtothinkofanotherhashtag

Opening tonight! Fringe Arts Bath Festival!Last, but by no means least, number 6, This Temporary Matter.

Taking its lead from vanitas and memento mori concerns, This Temporary Matter further explores these ideas by bringing together ephemeral works created in materials that also have a definite life span. The exhibition space will therefore be ever-changing as the show's duration serves as a ticking clock for each work's actual birth and death. Each piece's use of interesting/experimental mediums will challenge traditional notions of material choice and longevity in meaning as well as substance, and by using both form and concept to examine the absurdity/humour/excitement/sadness/wonder/freedom/truth in the fact that everything has an ultimate end point, visitors will physically and philosophically be placed in the present to celebrate the unique moment happening right here, right now.

Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Zoe Toolan
FaB 1, 94-96 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/temporary

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

A bit of a late share this evening, at the end of setting up for all the shows. Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week exhibition, 5 of 6, LOL = Lexicon of Lust

In Art we feel that meaning has become meaningless. Or do we - perhaps we don't mean that? We welcome work that is playful, ambiguous, theatrical, dystopian, humorous, contrarian and perhaps even alludes to the figurative. A good title will go a long way. No paintings, drawings or performances thank you - just 'things' that we can 'lust' over.

My works in this show are two small interventions, come and see them in person.
Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Death and Glitter
FaB 1, 94-96 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/lust

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

Exhibition 4 of from the Fringe Arts Bath Festival / The Pavilion of Painting.
My piece ‘The Performativity of Painting’ will be recreated in this exciting exploration of medium and perception.

An experimental art space, focussed on painting and its possibilities. With a varied mix of forms the exhibition explores the medium and process of painting.
A space for the imagination, encouraging and reflecting, with a knowing reference to a biennale pavilion or the Royal Academy ‘Summer Show’, a large open invitation and invited artists group show, and an artist residency programme on site.
The ‘Pavilion of Painting’ a survey of painting today, so vibrant in the area of Bath, Bristol and South West and celebrating collaboration with galleries and art schools: ‘a space for the imagination and a place for everyone to explore.’ Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by David Moxon & Neil Fuller
FaB @ Rupert & Buckley, 1st floor, 15 New Bond St, BA1 1BA
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/pavilion

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

‘Even Babies Lie’ (2017) I am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, 3 of 6, Biography in Cloth.

An exhibition exploring the nature of fabrics and our connections to the organised material of cloth. My works in this exhibition are focussed on the materiality of canvas.
Canvas is a recognisable base material in painting. The canvas is valuable for what it supports and allows. It has value in its functionality, the things it allows artists to do. Through the exploration of the material qualities of canvas, and the use of other fabrics as canvas, we are asked to consider the sculptural and painterly reality of this object, and its position as art.

The material qualities of canvas, as a fabric, are generally hidden in paintings, its traditional function is one of discrete support. It is a fabric that is defined by its attributes and form, vital and yet disregarded.

Here the canvas is presented for material consideration, a re-presentation of an object intrinsically tied to the history of painting with the material complexity of produced fabric.

Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Carole Waller and Joanna Wright
FaB @ Milsom Place, Unit 26 upper level Milsom Place, Milsom St & Broad St, BA1 1BZ
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/cloth

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, 2 of 6, Nature Morte.

An exhibition of contemporary works that reimagine still life. My work in this show are a series of painted fruits, each covered with an equalising white. Allowed to decay over the course of the exhibition these ephemerial objects re-question the objects within still life and re-present their natural form.
Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Heather Griffin
FaB 2, 6-7 New Bond Street Place, Bath BA1 5BH
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/nature

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

I am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, starting with 1 of 6, Soft Rebellion, FAB 3.

An exhibition exploring the meta-modern narrative, spread over three floors, my work will be placed in a room on it’s own, where i will be responding to the space during the set-up.
This exhibition will also feature works from Anna Kenneally and Ollie Guyon (two of my fellow BA’s and associates of the Wallspace collective). Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Toby Rainbird-Webb
FaB 3, 29a Westgate Street, Bath BA1 1EP
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/rebellion

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

Experimentation continues, a new painting in progress
#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Re-configuration

#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

There is something incredibly engaging in the conversation between paintings and plinths

#artstudent #art #student #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Re-presenting Artefact
A few object based questions today, representing re-presentation.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Unwanted commodification
Functional painting
Re-presented artefact

Alone in the studios today, which usually leads to dancing....... #artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Wading in the periphery of painting in the studio while exploring the language of painting on paper.
Peripainting, unpainting, repainting, quasipainting, semipainting......playing with prefixes is more fun than it probably should be.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

Layering in space...... Moving studios in two weeks. No time to get into anything substantial means time to explore and experiment. Getting the hands, eyes and mind moving again ready for the final push towards the MA show in September.

#artstudent #art #student #wip #test #bathspa #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #newwork #painting #placement #reduction #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#minimalism #nomination #thisisart

I’m physically back in the studio!!!!! Now time to get mentally back into the studio.... For now, a few details of work being re-considered after two weeks away.
#artstudent #art #student #contemporarypanting #installation #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #connections #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #artiseverywhere #juxtaposition #kunst #contemporaryinstallation #picoftheday #placement #readymade #emergingartist #whatisart #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#wip #nomination #thisisart

Two weeks away from the studios (and the rather mental work pace that I set for myself) is a time to get some headspace and some distance from the work. The lack of updates will revert to normal form next week. For now I leave you with the view from the top of a hill fort in the Forest of Dean, a surprisingly comfortable hammock, and my elbow. #notart #sleepingoutsideisamazing #elbowselfie #studentlife #worththehike #hammocksarecomfy #unlessyoutrytorollover #noart #artistatrest #completedissconnect #canilivehere? #theonlywayicanstopworkingistohikeforhours #nowifi #nopeople #onlydeerandhugebulls #simplethings #living #picoftheday #wishingiwasthereagain #birthdayinafewweeks #hammocksandhikingalltheway

The Functional Object in Painting
The Re-presentation of Artefact
The Dialogue in Value

Officially 2/3’s of the way through my MA! Hand in is done....time to catch up on five months sleep over the next two weeks before it all begins again!
#artstudent #art #contemporarypainting #foundart #installation #composition #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #connections #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #artiseverywhere #juxtaposition #kunst #contemporaryinstallation #picoftheday #placement #readymade #emergingartist #whatisart #unwanted #whatispainting #kunstwork
#nomination #thisisart #imtootiredtothinkofanotherhashtag

Opening tonight! Fringe Arts Bath Festival!Last, but by no means least, number 6, This Temporary Matter.

Taking its lead from vanitas and memento mori concerns, This Temporary Matter further explores these ideas by bringing together ephemeral works created in materials that also have a definite life span. The exhibition space will therefore be ever-changing as the show's duration serves as a ticking clock for each work's actual birth and death. Each piece's use of interesting/experimental mediums will challenge traditional notions of material choice and longevity in meaning as well as substance, and by using both form and concept to examine the absurdity/humour/excitement/sadness/wonder/freedom/truth in the fact that everything has an ultimate end point, visitors will physically and philosophically be placed in the present to celebrate the unique moment happening right here, right now.

Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Zoe Toolan
FaB 1, 94-96 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/temporary

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

A bit of a late share this evening, at the end of setting up for all the shows. Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week exhibition, 5 of 6, LOL = Lexicon of Lust

In Art we feel that meaning has become meaningless. Or do we - perhaps we don't mean that? We welcome work that is playful, ambiguous, theatrical, dystopian, humorous, contrarian and perhaps even alludes to the figurative. A good title will go a long way. No paintings, drawings or performances thank you - just 'things' that we can 'lust' over.

My works in this show are two small interventions, come and see them in person.
Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Death and Glitter
FaB 1, 94-96 Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BG
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/lust

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

Exhibition 4 of from the Fringe Arts Bath Festival / The Pavilion of Painting.
My piece ‘The Performativity of Painting’ will be recreated in this exciting exploration of medium and perception.

An experimental art space, focussed on painting and its possibilities. With a varied mix of forms the exhibition explores the medium and process of painting.
A space for the imagination, encouraging and reflecting, with a knowing reference to a biennale pavilion or the Royal Academy ‘Summer Show’, a large open invitation and invited artists group show, and an artist residency programme on site.
The ‘Pavilion of Painting’ a survey of painting today, so vibrant in the area of Bath, Bristol and South West and celebrating collaboration with galleries and art schools: ‘a space for the imagination and a place for everyone to explore.’ Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by David Moxon & Neil Fuller
FaB @ Rupert & Buckley, 1st floor, 15 New Bond St, BA1 1BA
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/pavilion

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

‘Even Babies Lie’ (2017) I am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, 3 of 6, Biography in Cloth.

An exhibition exploring the nature of fabrics and our connections to the organised material of cloth. My works in this exhibition are focussed on the materiality of canvas.
Canvas is a recognisable base material in painting. The canvas is valuable for what it supports and allows. It has value in its functionality, the things it allows artists to do. Through the exploration of the material qualities of canvas, and the use of other fabrics as canvas, we are asked to consider the sculptural and painterly reality of this object, and its position as art.

The material qualities of canvas, as a fabric, are generally hidden in paintings, its traditional function is one of discrete support. It is a fabric that is defined by its attributes and form, vital and yet disregarded.

Here the canvas is presented for material consideration, a re-presentation of an object intrinsically tied to the history of painting with the material complexity of produced fabric.

Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Carole Waller and Joanna Wright
FaB @ Milsom Place, Unit 26 upper level Milsom Place, Milsom St & Broad St, BA1 1BZ
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/cloth

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, 2 of 6, Nature Morte.

An exhibition of contemporary works that reimagine still life. My work in this show are a series of painted fruits, each covered with an equalising white. Allowed to decay over the course of the exhibition these ephemerial objects re-question the objects within still life and re-present their natural form.
Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Heather Griffin
FaB 2, 6-7 New Bond Street Place, Bath BA1 5BH
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/nature

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst

I am taking part in the brilliant Fringe Arts Bath Festival. Opening in just under a week i am going to be sharing the exhibitions that will contain some of my works. In no particular order, starting with 1 of 6, Soft Rebellion, FAB 3.

An exhibition exploring the meta-modern narrative, spread over three floors, my work will be placed in a room on it’s own, where i will be responding to the space during the set-up.
This exhibition will also feature works from Anna Kenneally and Ollie Guyon (two of my fellow BA’s and associates of the Wallspace collective). Opening night is the 25th May, exhibitions run from 26th May - 10th June 2018.
Curated by Toby Rainbird-Webb
FaB 3, 29a Westgate Street, Bath BA1 1EP
https://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/rebellion

#fringeartsbath #artist #fab18 #bathart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryexhibition #contemporaryart #groupexhibition #upcomingshows #artstudent #art #bathspa #contemporary #abstract #abstractart #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #painting #emergingartist #expressive #whatispainting #kunstwork #kunst