syncronicity

i don't usually use syncronicity as a term in regularly conversation, (thanks to the overuse of it by hippies) and very rarely do i use it when talking about artwork, but today, it's just right. for the 'cube' project and various applications i've been filling out for it, i've been talking about my influences and theories behind the works and one of the artists i've been referring to is Rachel Whiteread - great YBA who made those monumental plaster casts from demolished builings. Back in the day when i was working on my 'impactograms'.. long story - i was thinking about creating an impression from destruction in a similar way. anyway, for a while i forgot about her and kept doing my own thing, referencing a bunch of suprematists and a bit of christo, etc, when i stumble upon the poloxygen website in research for work. and then i saw it. Rachel Whiteread has created these amazing plaster works that are so much like the plan for mine!! D'oh!



I'm not going to do the typical art school thing and shy away from what i'm doing, because they are different, and mine isn't about memory, in the same ways hers is, but it's still a little annoying. for the simple fact that i'm an emerging artist from a small town in NSW and she's an internationally renowned sculptor and installation artist from the UK - i can hear it now 'hmm.. someone's copied someone else's work..' - bah! it is impossible to create purely original work and the more i'm afraid of referencing works, the more anal and egocentric my work will be. so i'm going to keep creating these cubes, but be aware that there may be some flak headed my way. or maybe its just a form of flattery - hopefully so.