John Dahlsen - making meaning from common objects; can be related with the topic for Alchemy, as the coming together of varied pieces to create something with a different meaning, feeling and atmosphere.
The two images shown here are created by using rubber thongs and metal wiring to make a work of art. Common househld objects, such as the everyday thong, are used here in order to maintain the theory that in combining objects together, the meaning of the piece can be totally diverse from its previous conception.Dalsen stated that he was, 'wanting to create somthing beautiful out of an inherently ugly medium', and that he would 'take coloured ojects and assemble them into art, transforming the original object into something new'. These statements refer directly to my interpretation of Alchemy, as i see it as the transmutation from one phase to another, making something aesthetic from perhaps something you wouldn't take a second glance at.
This, i would love to use as inspiration to my own piece this term for Art, '08'!
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