COLLABORATION

Our final project of the year was a collaboration project, we were split into groups of four, my group was a drawing group and my collaborotive colleagues were Tom, Amy and Zoe. The aim was to take our individual skills and put them together producing work as a team and then finally working towards a publication to show our work collaboratively.
My research into collaborations was based on the 'If You Could' exhibition, where 33 pairs of artists exhibited their work in their collaborative pairs. The exhibition was held at the A Foundation Gallery, Rochelle School in London. The work ranges from classic framed pieces to more ambitious experimental sculpture, film and installation.
I picked out a few of the artists whose work inspired me. Anthony Burrill and John Griffiths were a good combination as one was a designer and the other an astronomer, also Rob Ryan and Michael Marriott produced a very good collaboration as they are both excellent in their own fields.
Our work was to be based on imperfection, Amy concentrated on grotesque figures, Zoe drew celebrities badly purposely, Tom made a camera and took photos with it making them as imperfect as he could when devloping them and I concentrated on ageing celebrities and cosmetic surgery gone wrong. We set out to create our own portrait gallery with the intention of exhibiting our final work. I have posted some examples of my finished portraits, some of which were featured in our final magazine, titled 'The Drawing Opera'.

Anthony Jeffers and John Griffiths

Rob ryan and Michael Marriott