Through the looking past the canvas beyond the exterior into an inner world, the penetration of the mind past the image frame, this is where my practice is being informed. My research work this semester is being informed by these personal sensory emotions and bodily thoughts. Lucio fontana is an artist that to me captures this gesture although i do find the work a bit like sabotaging the canvas. The painting on display at NGV that i have studied is much more sympathetic to the canvas and the cuts appear more like puncture marks that up close my eyes look past the canvas and imagine another world, may be just for a moment.
I have made this work myself just to see and feel what it is like to penetrate the surface, the actions were not what i expected, as i found it difficult to puncture the surface without tearing the black glossy card i used. I also found the actions more aggressive and not what i want to experience as an artist. I will not be pursuing this type of work. However Fontana is an artist i will continue to reference.