Victoria And Albert Musuem.

I took a trip to the V&A in search of inspiring work which would stimulate my ideas based around my project memories. There was one particular illustrative piece  I found very sensitive and had alot of meaning behind it, this was shown through the medium Artist jade Tomlinson. It was called Punishable By Death (LGBT Rights in the Middle East), illustration to accompany an article on the harrowing topic of homosexuality in the Middle east, from the darkness of executions in iran to the light of hope after the Arab spring. I imidetiatly was drawn to the smudged effect as if it had been set a lit and all was left was the building behind and the two figures that were not fully there. A double meaning behind it maybe saying that homosexuality is blocked out in some peoples minds, and isnt seen as a colourful topic but a blurred, disconexted idea. This in a way links closely to memory: for example when people try to discard certain memorys that they do not wish to stay within their minds, we block it as far back as we can, and when somthing triggers this memory, the mind automatically discards the thought like a  deffensive mechanism remmebering  how painful that memory is. 

The piece also portrays a distressed aspect, the far right figure with its head down almost looks ashmed not being able to walk with confidence, but however the dominanting centered hands holding tightly with one another show the opposite, But the strength and courage they will go through in not giving up there identitys for being homosexual.






A particular setion I was very much drawn to was the student illustrator of the year 2013, 'Grace Helmer' - Camberwell college of Arts The Fugitive. I found the technique of using Charcol on traving paper worked out succesfully giving it an old rustic element highlighting the machincal part at the bottom of the pillard sculpture. This is shown in Minho Kwon's pieces, i have done a few sketches of the piece using pencil and also charcol. Underneath is Minho Kwons piece then my two sketches underneath.