ORIGINS OF THE SPECIES-LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON

LENN HERHMAN LESSON

30 MAY-9 August 2015
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DIRECTOR'S CUT: In a series of monthly blogs, 

Paul Hobson reflects on current developments in contemporary art:

"In the 1960s and 1970s, artists began to draw attention to the constructed nature of our identities. Continuing this line of critique, artists of the current generation are frequently representing an idea of identity that is not only constructed, but that is unstable, mutable and inconsistent." (MODERN ART OXFORD, 2015)

Contemporary art gives me how to reconstruct thinking you learnt before because I can find out new media and technique used in this exhibition, especially Lynn Hershman. 

Obviously, she is a funny and crazy artist I think.She entirely spreads out her interactive art, which the relationship between real and virtual worlds.

The Breathing Machines,
a series of was casts of artist face and positioned in a perspex box along with a tape recorder playing breathing sound.(ORIGINS OF THE SPECIES PART 2,2015)

Honestly, I am close to this art work and look at it in detail. Thus I am a little bit afraid of playing breathing sound. However, it gives me more creative ideas which inspire me how to organise new media and chaos with works in perfect harmony.

Shortly, the title of the exhibition refers to the topic which the artist has explored most often – the impact, both detrimental and otherwise, of technology on our lives and identities. (Aesthetica Magazine, 2015) Actually, she really attempts to use unique ways to convey her original thinking.

As to me, all of these works from her truly enlighten me on my feature career, even though her ideas often show conflicts between aesthetic and concept. In other words,

I highly appreciate that I can attend to her fantastic art trip and find ways to lose myself.Finally, it seems to me that art is motivating and interacting, and even it can reflect on this society.

Bibliography:
Aesthetica Magazine.(2015) Review: Lynn Hershman Leeson's Origins of the Species at Modern Art Oxford
[online]AT:http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/lynn-hershman-leesons-origins-species-part-2-modern-art-oxford(Accessed on 18.07.15)

MODERN ART OXFORD.(2015) DIRECTOR'S CUT: In a series of monthly blogs [online]AT: https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/directors-cut-june(Accessed on 18.07.15)

ORIGINS OF THE SPECIES PART 2(2015) Directed by MODERN ART OXFORD: United Kingdom