User:Goretti Pombo

Concept

Frames have, for so long, subtly influenced how we experience what they hold within. One might declare the frame as a section of the whole artwork. Without being conscious of it the picture frame may be taken for granted. However, what happens if you take what the frame holds away and focus solely on the frame itself? If you take a moment to study the frame itself, you can appreciate all the work that went into making it; the carved ornaments, the gilding, the size. And then, frames become a marketing tool that allow dealers to boost the value of paintings. Nothing says expensive like an elaborately carved and decorated gold-covered frame.

By focusing solely on the picture frame itself, a chance is born to appreciate the frame as an artwork itself. My idea is to take this appreciation for the picture frame to an extreme. To make the picture frame the artwork itself and that therefore it will no longer have to hold another artwork within itself.

Research and Works

The chance to make the frame the actual artwork offers great possibilities. The existing heavily ornamented frames already are an aesthetically pleasing view to behold. However, by playing with aspects such as size, material and narratives I could create a far more interesting piece.

Through research I found out about the “framed panel paintings”. These frames were made from one piece. The area to be painted was carved out, which resulted into a raised framing border around the outside edge, like a tray. After this, the whole piece was then gessoed and gilded. The last thing to be done was painting the image on the flat panel. I really liked this idea of the framed panel painting. The painting and frame are one, they are no longer two separate pieces. Another great inspiration for me is “Couple with Their Heads Full of Clouds” by Salvador Dalí.

Dalí created a very interesting work by changing the shape of the frame. Furthermore, Surrealism is overall a huge inspiration source for me.

My first idea was to alter an existing frame to create a new one. Therefore I combined several frames to create one. My next step was to create a new frame by creating a new and curious shape.

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However, I was not satisfied with this and wanted to go one step further. I wanted to combine paintings that I like with the texture of the newly created frames. The results are interesting because what you see is something that might trick you into thinking it is 3d, yet it’s flat.

Past & Future

The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse and its contrafactual past (by me)

What if in the past, they already discovered what lied beneath that blanket? What if it was something they could not understand and found kind of disturbing? For the contrafactual past of 'The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse' I imagined people found a blanket that was showing them the future. This future represented things their minds could not yet fathom in that time . Therefore, they decided to never show that side of the blanket again.

For this work, I used the Sublimation printer to print my created images on fabric. On the outer side of the blanket, I wanted to bring back the texture of the blanket in the original work by Man Ray. The innards of the blanket contain the images of the future.

Afterwards, I made a composition to put the blanket on as I was trying to reproduce the mystery of the original work.

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Sexy Relaxy and its radical future (by me)

What if in the future, the only chair being produced is the 'Sexy Relaxy'?? The one who sits will be forced to always sit with his/her legs open. And what happens if this person has a short skirt on and does not want to show off their genitalia?? Use the Censored Underwear! Underwear that keeps your genitalia hidden:

The pattern on the prototype of this underwear is a pixelated version of a woman's genitalia. I experimented with different patterns of 'censoring' and then I chose one. Using the Sublimation printer, I printed the chosen pattern on fabric and created the prototype.

Future Frame by Zoe van Peperstraten

Goretti chose to focus on frames. For this assignment I had to make a speculative Future. While discussing her process, she mentioned that most of the times the frame of the painting takes away the attention of the artwork itself. So I came up with the idea that in the future this will change. Now the painting itself is the frame, and the frame is the artwork. Now you will focus more on the painting than the frame, and the frame isn't taking the attention away from te painting.

Sources

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/letting-the-frame-speak-for-the-artist-and-the-era.html
• https://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/the-art-of-the-picture-frame/guides-beningbrough-hall.php
• https://www.christies.com/features/Frames-in-Focus-5815-1.aspx
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_frame