connectivity

Connectivity 28th september.

Notions of originality:

Originality is dependent on peoples idea’s, we learn from copying and watching others and their work, interpreting it for ourselves and making it into an individual piece of work. The notions of originality itself is rehearsing whats been forgotten and being able to see the links between influential pieces of art, and how it impacts of inspiration for other artists. The question is, is it possible to create a completely original style or effect that has not yet been created?

Originality is an idea impossible to achieve in all areas of life, not only in art. We constantly, both consciously and sub-consciously, take elements and ideas from everyday life and manipul ate it into something new. However when it comes down to it, separate the elements and ideas down into their simplest forms you will be able to see that these ideas are far from new and very often very repeated.

                Diego de Silva Velazquez - Las Meninas - (The maids of honour) - 1656

People throughout history have constantly attempted to  take something and claim it as their own, but the reality is they will have been influenced to do it in a certain way or style, adding, twisting, highlighting certain things, trying to make it unique, though something exterior must have influenced our thought process into doing so.

“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” William Inge.

Relationships developed from existing forms of historical culture:

The idea of art being influenced by past works immediately forms a relationship through history forged by culture. This means that because of the impossible nature of creating truly original art, all present day works have there roots in early art. A great example of this would be the analysis of a recent YSL advertisement campaign and its obvious influence, Gabrielle d'Estrées done by an unknown artist in 1594.

 The history behind this picture is based on the birth of the subject gabrielle d’estrees’ child with Henry VI. there are many symbolic fertility images such as pinching of the nipple, servant preparing baby clothing in the back of the image and the fireplace signifies the mother's furnace.

the fact that this feminist piece borrows heavily on a peace focusing on woman hood and mother hood already creates a relationship through history and culture by linking feminism and womanhood to different view points on what a woman should be according to culture.

This iconic pose has been re-created based on the first piece “gabrielle l’estrees” again with a feminist stand point but thi s time it has been used to advertise a woman's perfume, the differences in this picture such as placing the woman in a place of power further develops the relationship through time and the context of both pieces.

Both later works represent a more idealist culture, a far cry from the repressed women of 1594. this underlines once and for all the developing relationship through time based on historical culture.