Note - Over Saturation /March 4, 2018 by Ally McGinn

Over-saturation.

Exploring purpose, because everything has to have purpose. “What's that for?” “What are you gonna do with it all?”

Purpose is finite. It is blinding. It obscures.

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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Artwork in transition..... Enjoying the ambiguity of an art exhibition.

PV tonight! 6pm at Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, Bath

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Commodified Artefacts (2018)
These boxes will be available for sale at the show on Friday night.
A re-consideration of value through the power of perception. The re-framing of useless materials as a challenge to examine our assumptions.
No set price, come and find me on the night.

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The Consumption of the Sign (2018)

I’m in recovery from the final push on the MA and sorting through the thousands of photos taken in the last year. This is one of my favourites.

While I am between studios I will be sharing photos of works that I re-discover while updating my website and sorting other practical matters. (That and catching up on the sleep missed in the last four years). My current theoretical obsession : What is the object of art?

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Pulling together a few of the final details for the upcoming show, opens to the public on 21st September.
I’m presenting a composite installation, alongside 14 other Fine Art graduates. MA Textiles, Ceramics, Visual Communications, and, Photography open on the same night.
Come and see some amazing works.
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Artwork, please do not remove (2018)
Final artwork created on my MA. Hand-in on Monday and the show opens on the 21st September. Come see the work at the PV (from 6-9pm) or through the week at Bath Spa University.
This artwork epitomises the interests of my practice, which can be broadly seen as a questioning of our perceptions of painting, value, and meaning, and the wider implications of an object based philosophical investigation of perception.
Come see the show, 15 MA graduates have something for you to see.
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Interventions in a cafe. Part of the up late event at the Holborne Museum in Bath.

Small assemblages that become somewhat ambiguous when compared to the functional objects they share the space with.
A small side note, a developing interest in the public perception of my work, and a little bit of fun.

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A bit of floor painting, and not painting, in the studio today.

Defining spaces through inactivity.
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I’ve been fairly quiet on here as I pull together the work outside the studio for the upcoming end of my MA.

Today has been a statement writing day (both singular and collective). The implication of process questions our perception of the objects and actions contained within Painting.

This considered implication of working space represents the process of making and re-presents that process to the viewer.

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Friday night philosophy...... The balance between being and its opposite.
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Throwback Thursday (only slightly thrown, and a day late, intensive research sessions do funny things to the brain)
Collating images and thoughts about works made in the final few months of the MA.
This is still one of my favourites, for the dialogue between the works. Object, representation, space, function, value, form, material and a challenge to normalised assumptions.

One of the issues with being an object artist is deciding which compositions are artworks (few) which are experiments (more) and which need to be deleted (most). I’m setting myself a 100 work limit.

Sunlight hits this work once a day, weather permitting. On Tuesday it was at 4:43pm.
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Studio view, enjoying the shifting light of the space.

Come and see in person on 21st September, PV 6pm in Bath
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Thank you to all who came to the PV last night. Some wonderful conversation and amazing to see so many bodies interacting with my installation.
My work is often considered challenging (especially in terms of purpose and validity) and it was wonderful to watch people explore (with frowns, smiles and everything in between) getting drawn into the little details.

There is a lot of detail within my work, and admittedly a lot of work too, it’s a busy space that is a carefully balanced whole. One that I hope stimulates the brain as much as the eye.

This installation can be described as an examination of the peripheral process of painting seeking to shift our understanding of painting and its objects within modern society.
The show is open from now until Wednesday. I’m aiming to be in the space on Tuesday if anyone wants to chat to the artist.
I just want to add a small thank you, with big implications, to my husband (who is a constant source of support and complicated conversations) and the tutors and technicians at Bath Spa who are, quite literally, amazing. Thanks to them I have found my place in the world, a world that doesn’t easily have places for people like me.

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MA show opens in three days.

Come over to Bath to see the works on show. PV on Friday at 6pm. Drinks provided and a chance to see the exhausted artists in a semi-natural habitat.

Looking forward to seeing some of you there.

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I have officially handed in all work for my MA!
Sleeping now, more tomorrow........ #artstudent #art #MAstudent #wip #picoftheday #bathspa #composition #contemporary #sculpture #abstractart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #evolving #fineart #installation #juxtaposition #kunst #representation #painting #placement #contemporarysculpture #emergingartist #expressive #unwanted #contemporaryinstallation #kunstwork
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Material : object : image
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