urban decay
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Urban Decay. This exhibition is to show aesthetically the breakdown of not only physical but also the social aspects of metropolitan areas in contemporary life. Together the works create a sense of Urban Decay. Urban Decay Floor Plan. Joe Weldon. Jennifer Mclelland. Hannah Doyle. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Urban Decay This exhibition is to show
aesthetically the breakdown of not only physical but also the social aspects of metropolitan areas in contemporary life. Together the works create a sense of Urban Decay.
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Joe
Weldon
Jennifer
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Jennifer Mclelland
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Cherese Mohammed
Urban Decay Floor Plan
Jennifer MclellandUntitled 2008, Untitled 2007
This collection of work is formed on the basis of the Death penalty in America, as the use of the Electric chair is still in force, from the transformation of the chair to the cross this shows a transition from life to death.
Joe Weldon
Sculpture of a symbol of a culture, The artist intended the work to be ambiguous in what it is created from polystyrene made to look like a hard, dense solid material. It also has been made to appear like a traditional important symbol yet the technology references such as numbers, wires and electronic parts conflict and contrast.
Maybe it once had a important purpose, now defunct and dysfunctional for any use.
koGG 2007
Lousie Smith
This artist has created this piece of work from observing the celebrity obsession and the media’s need to influence people to be ‘Perfect’. This leads to the negative self image that the artist has created in these paintings.
Untitled 2007, Untitled 2007
Cherese MohammedUntitled 2007
This work is part of a collective piece of which
showed the simplicity of the Industrial and human
relationship in its lowest form of decay with burnt
scarps of wood and rotting meat.
(Due to H&S meat has been removed)
Hannah DoyleUntitled 2007
This piece of work has been made to incorporate the critique of the cosmetic, this falls into the ideals of creating a ‘Perfect’ image of the body thus exacerbating the social decay of self image
Eleanor Matthews
• This piece was chosen for the gritty, urban tones and because it uses an impressionist style painting technique with a contemporary urban content. This work is more associated with the aesthetics, and physicality of urban decay
Piece No.1 2007
Collective Images This gives you the opportunity to see the show if you didn’t get to see it yourself
Urban Decay
Urban Decay
Urban Decay
Thank you to all contributing artists for allowing us to use their work.