Corrupt police officer piece

One of my show pieces will be a spray paint piece of the corrupt police officer/ swat officer I have drawn. This will be adding to the corruption in society side of my project with graffiti and how people view it with being art or discrimination of natural beauty.

For the 1st design I drew it up in my sketch book using 2B pencil and then used water colour, using colours such as black, green and grey to show corruption and decay with the black and green to show the pollution from the gas and showing the corrupt look in the swat officers eyes. Then I added the finishing lines with a fine liner.

Artist research - Cornelia Parker

I've only looked into one piece in particular of Cornelia Parkers and that is the piece which was blown up to be created. The piece that was a blown up shed which she blew up and took a picture of which then helped her recreate the exploded shed in a gallery. This piece resembles corruption and decay with the corruption being the blowing up of the shed and the decaying of the wood as it shatters, cracks and burns away. This has been the main influence on my show piece of corruption with the burning of the pieces of my collage and the decaying of the wood and shattered pieces.

Artist research - Rouschenberg

I've also looked into the artist Rauschenberg and how he used old decaying items to create his sculptures when he forts started out, using rusty chairs, wheel barrows, any metal along with rotting wood and other pieces which he's used to become the visionary artist we see him as today. His work has influenced my final piece with rotting wood burning it as well as burnt fabric and other items to create a collage on corruption and decay looking at all aspects like Rauschenberg did with his collages on the views through the 60s. 

Artist research - John Holcroft

Through this project I've looked into the corruption in government and politics a little which lead me to the artist John Holcroft who is an illustrator looking into how the money and governments around the world are corrupt and only want to help them selves with images on a cigarette burning away with money acting as the tobacco and others making us look at how the people in charge will always blame those below them. His work is very political with his influence on the work he has produced. For me it shows how the corruption of our governments and the way our world is run.

Artist research - Pez

Looking into artists through my project I've looked at the French artist PEZ looking at his fine detailed pieces on the decaying of buildings and characters he creates with pencil and fine liners. This helped me to look into and recreate a piece of my own design on a corrupt police officer with a gas mask to show how he only cares about himself even though his job is to serve and protect those in need.

Artist research - Kwangho Shin

Through this project I've looked at artists such as Kwangho shin and his work looking into the darkness of people's souls making a portrait with acrylic paint of a rough silhouette of a face adding little colour like reds pinks oranges and blues to brighten up his pieces and from my view adding a little bit of good to the darkened soul showing there is still good in the person. For my research I have recreated his pieces but with oil pastels to get a rougher effect on the paper. This artist I enjoyed looking at as it really sparked my project off and how I could look into the corruption of people.

Research on material

In this project on corruption and decay I've looked into aspects of decay in metal and wood with burning and general decay over time how the wood bends and becomes frail as well as it burning away losing its colour and blackening looking corrupt and taken a new form along with the burning of cloth as it shrinks and crumples up.