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.
SPIN, PUPPET, SPIN: DRAWING ESTRANGEMENT
Biography
Dr William Platz leads the Fine Art Department at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. He is also Convenor of Drawing and is the co-Convenor of the drawing research project Drawing International Griffith (DIG). Dr Platz is American-Australian and completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in New York and his PhD in Brisbane, Australia.
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/562761/562762
Visit the exposition in the database Research Catalogue.