The artistically unintentional sculpture

I went to a warehouse to find a brand part/piece of metal to put through a destructive process.

I picked this distinctive silver chimney part.

It had been hammered and flattened, the marks made turned out how i wanted, jagged and offset.

I will progress by drawing and making marks using the sculpture, drawings directly from the sculpture and using the sculpture as a piece by itself with work in its space.

Quick update: Artistically unintentional Sculpture and Marks

Im going to go to where my dad works to find and make sculptures by putting fresh pieces of raw metal/material through the destructive process of a scrapyard.

I will then use this battered raw material/s as sculptural peices and make work from on paper maybe printing or drawings with them.

Updates soon

Summary of idea and Non-artistic intentions?

I'm looking to record or generate marks made without artistic intention or an arguably non-artistic intention. Represented with the aesthetic of automatism.

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Immediacy propositions and Mark making

In order to problematically solve my idea I must record or generate marks without any artistic intention and present them with an automatism aesthetic.

Some quick cheap ideas of where marks fall without artistic intention

>Blood spatter
>Footprints              
>Raindrops on a window          
>Creases on bed sheets  
>Bruises scars on the body

Its difficult considering mark making this broadly because its everywhere. Almost infinitely.

So what i'm looking for is maybe something that has a intention that is peculiarly related to an artistic intention in idea.

For example there are more specific intentions and more just pro life containers;

Specific: Blood spatters might have created with the intention to attack or to kill.
More general: Footprints made when walking to a goal.

Although intention to kill could also be distinct in a bigger goal. Its still a more magnified intention.

Personal Statement / Immediate drawing and idealogy

I’m applying to study fine art so that I can continue developing my contextual awareness and understanding whilst actively producing work.

My initial project involved the unreliability of memory. Using pen and paper I produced drawings directly from memories at an almost manufactured rate. I looked at how the intention and automatism in the drawings varied between the different frequencies of memory; from recent memories of metaphysical feelings to distant, hazed mental images of places or famous artworks.
After previously touching on automatism, I came to the realisation that I never totally let myself go to the process. I always retained a degree of control, exploring narrative content or anchoring the work in a conscious response. This motivated change and I relinquished the restriction imposed by the automatist process, instead wanting to explore themes that revolved around a premise of uncultured production without intention.

I decided now that the pregnancy of my work would be uncultured, in the sense that it wasn’t tied to previous predefined art practice. I am to produce immediate drawings, responding to an ever fluctuating environment and sense of self. Drawings that principally skip the baggage of psychoanalysis associated with automatic drawing or outsider art equally associated with what can be first described as naïve. This work is neither of these things, I would reflect the aesthetic of automatism without engaging with its intent.

I am aware that an important element of this work is its eventual existence within a gallery space. I dealt with this issue recently whilst exhibiting in a local shop with other members of the FAD. I selected to completely cover a wall in the space with my drawings, inspired by an Exhibition of David Shrigleys I went to see in Manchester, “How are you feeling?”

You can find all this and updates on my blog:

Robertjbury.blogspot.co.uk

With my time I play online games competitively, which resulted in a recent visit to Amsterdam so I could meet friends I've made in these games over many years . When I'm not online I read, favourites include Bukowski and Nietzsche. I am motivated and constantly produce work. I am excited by the opportunities university will offer.