Final Project Proposal

Final Project

Concept

The concept of my final project is a reflection upon the waste from the market with a focus on the mass production and pollution caused by excess food packages. I would like to create a painting made with food packages from our daily waste. First I will collect food packages and glue them together into a big piece. This piece then becomes the canvas as well as the subject matter of the painting. The big piece will be stretched and stapled to an oil painting frame made with wooden stretcher bars. I consider this piece a still life and a landscape painting, which is actually an irony because the piece itself is just a bunch of trash put together. This opposition then creates an interesting discussion on the boundary between trash and beauty. There is an artist reference to Rauschenberg.

Medium

Food packages

Glue 

Heat glue gun

4 Stretcher bars (2*48 in. / 2*72 in.)

Staples

Staple gun

Timeline

Week 9 - 11: collect food packages

Week 11-12: construct the “painting”

Week 12: Pre-Final critique

Week 13 -14: Refine the artist statement

                      design entrance tickets and have them printed

Week 15: Final critique

Presentation

I want to create a gallery space for the final presentation. The artist statement will be printed onto a card and attached to the wall next to the painting like what we normally see in the actual gallery. I will also design a entrance ticket for spectators’ admission. Ideally the room should be as empty as possible. The final painting will be hung on the wall with spotlight projection on it. 

Challenges

The biggest challenge is how to construct the actual piece. I need to make decision in choosing the food packages and make then visually attractive and yet still maintain the quality of trash. Also, I will have to do some preliminary tests to make sure that the piece wouldn't fall apart after I have stretched it onto the frame. Transportation is another challenge concerning the size of the piece.