CelineSianiDjiakoua

REFERENCES Giuseppe Penone Breath 5 1978 Fired clay: 1540 x 830 x 840 mm "The clay is modelled on the imagined shape of a breath of air, exhaled from the artist's mouth. At the top is the form of the interior of Penone's mouth, squeezed into the clay. The impression along the side of the clay is of the artist's leg, wearing jeans, as he leans forward." I am fascinated by Giuseppe Penone's amazing work that makes an unseen space appear under our eyes in such a physical manner. It makes you think of spaces as contents, delimited by boundaries we would not of thought of. ... very similar to Rachel whiteread too : Rachel Whiteread "House”, 1993 concrete, (destroyed) Rachel Whiteread "Sequel IV”, 2002, Plaster, polystyrene and steel, 31.9 x 29.5 x 9.8 in COMMENTS : "Hi Celine, I like the look of all that filming space, but you know if you need precise clean harp lines then willow/bamboo is not for you, it's all ...

Rebecca Horn http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKT60IdqIM

"Their face is very important. They've got a special way of posing, they are in different world, not affected by anything. " "The pictures of non professional models only look like dressed up people. And they are too real , they are connected to the camera. Something gets in the way. They are conscious of posing. They are trying to pose. " "There's a difference between models and actresses. In photo shots of actresses, it is as if other people are invading my own story. The models help us to get imagination around them. They've built their own atmosphere around them, from one shot to another. " "The models are real characters in their own imaginary worlds which you can access. I make a whole story around them; several stories, atmospheres, strong feelings ... But what happens in the story is not important. They are in novels. " Me : "So would you call them "she" ?" Rebecc...

I'm trying to finish my essay and I'm not happy with myself cause I can see that I'm running out of time to turn it into something I could be proud of ...:( ... Anyway, thoughts are going fast and far about this topic, so that's the good side of the situation. I am also reading "Henry and June" by Anais Nin and this is giving me a new insight into female sexuality (this was happening in the 30s in Paris). I was just wondering : you told me that at some point in your life you had a collection of fashion magazines images that helped you and gave you the confidence you lacked. Could you tell me more about that ? I found it very interesting and very intriguing. I think I understood it in the way how, when you feel weak in certain situations, you try to remember qualities other people descibed in you or you remember people you admire for these qualities and it gives you strength as you try to make them yours ... ??

The idea of this research came with different things happening : finding out about Rebecca 's passion for fashion and crazy dressing up and the sense of sexual freedom/discovery that comes with it, loving Phil Sayers 's work " Changing Places " seen in Leeds ( http://www.philsayers.co.uk/work.html ), starting to think a lot about feminism and what it means now days and trying to make my mind about all that ... in order to know better what it means for me (and in the art world/contemporary world), as a female artist, to show myself in my artwork ... Along all this came the subject I choose for an essay about 3 pieces of work from 3 different artists : Jenny Saville , Vanessa Beecroft and Pipilotti Rist . I really want to know more about what interests Rebecca in the fashion world. I first had that old-fashion feminist view about women posing for advertising and this included fashion magazines : that these women and advertisements were just using them as ...

I've chosen some of the most recent ones ... It's funny how they look completely different to me, now that I have started to work at this "fashion magazines" project ! Now I can see some kind of style in them ... it is very difficult to step out of your own work, especially this one which is about self-portrait. Most of these images have never been shown, I have kept taking them for years but still don't know what they really are. In the present project, they can be samples of the styles, atmospheres, poses,colours, introspective states that I like or that are my own style. I think houses can be very good settings for shots ... I think that these images reflect very much my way of working : they are very spontaneous, quickly made and pretty rough and natural. I took them because the light or the colours or my mood inspired me at that moment ... but they are very consciously taken as I have most of the time the full control over my image with the mirror refle...

I find this one completely crazy. I think it is a perfect example of nowdays advertisings where you get completely lost in the meanings : they've added so many layers of references and levels of understanding that nobody can get it anymore .... Proper contemporary art !:) I just love the clothes and how the model looks dumb, stoned or whatever : as if she's some kind of spirit of the tree that has just fallen out of it ... And the close up bubbles are crazy too like made by a drunk person : they just don't make sense because they are not focusing on what they should ! So I love this one too ...