Karla Black and my use of pastel color

I have been looking at more fine art references to in order to inspire my work. I have been looking at both painting and sculpture/ assemblage type works.

Karla balck is an artist I have been researching who’s work utilises colour well, and uses  contrasting materials such as matte powders and soft mounds of gel like substances. Black Uses   unconventional materials such as make-up, reams of sellotape, cling film and many different types of cosmetics. I find that her use of pastel colours juxtaposes her odd medias as they are typically used in a ‘pretty’ way yet blacks work is strange and on a vast scale. This clash of qualities is a theme running throughout my work and use of colour.

Here is a quote from Black that I found, I felt that it was an interesting self reflection on her work and inspired me to think about the way I may display work at degree show.

"That's what sculpture can do, it can be a pure engulfment and absorption in the material world, when you're not even aware of yourself, when you have no self consciousness, and you're not being watched and you're just purely absorbed in the material world. That is the best possible kind of escape – when you are fully connected to yourself.

"I think about art as a place to behave, as an escape, not just for me but for the people looking at it," says Black.

works and installations by Karla Black 

Piece made from plaster paint and sculpting foam; the rough uneven surface contrasts with the soft pale color