Spin, Puppet, Spin: Drawing Estrangement

William Platz

Exposition

Spin, Puppet, Spin: Drawing Estrangement (2019)

William Platz

open exposition

About this exposition

The life studio is an eccentric place and this exposition is populated by eccentric characters. The drawings and photographs contained in this research have all been created by studio puppets. Each puppet's awkward methods of working — stabbing, pulling, twisting a clutching hand — magnify the work’s unorthodox strategy. Puppets will illuminate the idiosyncrasies, malfunctions and estrangements typically surfeited in the life studio’s private sphere. This research responds to the work of E.T.A. Hoffmann (‘Spin, puppet, spin’) and George Méliès; puppet/art hybrid exhibitions; the Puppet Master horror franchise; and the lay figure of Gustave Courbet. Puppets are not alien in the life studio. Although they were typically concealed in the artist's process and hidden from public view, they were common fixtures until the 20th century. This exposition estranges artists and models from the life drawing apparatus and invites puppets to make pictures.

Det engelske term life studio refererer til et atelier, hvor nøgne modeller poserer for kunstneren. Dette er et excentrisk sted, og denne udstilling er fyldt med excentriske karakterer. De tegninger og fotografier der har været anvendt i researchen, og de endelige værker, er alle skabt af forskellige forankrede mannequiner i et life studio. Hver mannequins akavede gestik; hvordan den stikker, trækker eller vrider sig, understreger arbejdets uortodokse strategi. Mannequinerne vil derved belyse den idiosynkrasi, fremmedgørelse og de funktionsfejl, der typisk kommer til udtryk og observeres i et life studios private sfære. Denne forskning er en reaktion på E.T.A Hoffmanns arbejde (’’Spin, puppet, spin’’) og George Méliès’ dukke/kunst-hybrid udstillinger; The Puppet Master horror franchise og mannequinfiguren af Gustave Courbet. Mannequiner er ikke fremmede i life studio’et. Selvom de typisk var gemt i kunstnerens proces, og væk fra offentlighedens skue, var de almindeligt inventar indtil det 20. århundrede. Denne udstilling fremmedgør kunstnere og levende modeller fra tegnekunsten og inviterer mannequiner til at skabe billedet.

type	research exposition
keywords	drawing, puppets, life drawing, malfunction, estrangement, artist and model
date	31/01/2019
published	23/09/2019
last modified	23/09/2019
status	published
share status	private
affiliation	Griffith University
copyright	wmplatz
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/562761/562762
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/vis.562761
published in	VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	2. VIS Issue 2
external link	williamplatz.com

Copyrights

name	text
copyright	public domain
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	head4
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	head5
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	head6
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	head7
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	head8
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	head9
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	linedrw3
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	stockpup1
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	stockpup2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	stockpup3
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	stockpup4
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PupPolaroidsmall
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PupRoid2small
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	meliestestnew
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	puppetdrawingsmall
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupcirquesmall
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	jbnew
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw9
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw8
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	handlft
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linestretch
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw1
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PuppetDice2small
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PlatzPupwithCharW
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw7
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture, picture

name	poppoet2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	SpinPuppet3Left
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	hotinherebw1
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	hotinherebw2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw4bw
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrwbw2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	W4Pup
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PupPool1[1]smaller
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	PupPoolDet011
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	SpinPuppetblow
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	linedrw2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	handsdown
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupvan1
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupvan2
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	Pupvan3
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupvan4
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupvan5
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

name	pupvan7
copyright	wmplatz
license	All rights reserved
usages	picture

Comments are only available for registered users.

Research Catalogue

an international database for artistic research

Spin, Puppet, Spin: Drawing Estrangement (2019)

Copyrights