Paul Baker - Model Maker

Selfridges shop windows. This interest in micro environments.



Cheesy version of Fischli and Weiss - found from James May's big toy thing

Eduardo Paolozzi : The Jet age compendium

It was a nice little exhibition. Lots of colour and collage and I'm starting to understand the elitist stuff a bit more now, like when Mickey is used, I know what that means. I like his conversation about man and machine, very nice. Very much deals with cheesy surface like me. Alot of collecting me thinks, which is what I am starting to do. These collages seem like mental spaces which are constructed of lots of different images, they remind of the way I store images and mental things in the head but their not really there. You definately recognise the shapes and things but it's not real because it doesnt exist.
It's a very modernist way of making work. From reading these post modern books Im starting to understand that he's possibly exploring the modernism theology using collage which is a postmodern technique, the nostalgia, looking back mixing things up...very surfacey. But this machine this progression bettering oneself idea. Yes. I think I get it. for once. lol Definately figurative.

Dave Hullfish Bailey and Nils Norman surrounded by squares

Okay, so I thought I wanted my work to be about talking about the environment etc, and I discovered the work PERMACULTURE at this exhibition, where I read alot of little snippets of books. Which was quite nice. But I dont know what happened, I think sometimes it takes a while to sink in when I see shows. I understand this idea but I didnt understand how these objcts and spaces and places tied in with it all. I found the reading v. interesting and the topics were exactly like kind of stuff I liked....microgardenenvironmentsustainability stuff....but is this just the way I life I want to lead instead of it being in my work? Im starting to realise that theres alot of looking at the earth shows at the moment, The Barbican, The Earth show at Royal Academy coming, this one here. Its fashionable to look like you care. I do actually care though. I hardly ever use bags although i probably am quite wasteful but I try not to be more than some. Its Glastonbury sinking in I guess. But yes Im starting to discover and difference between life and art and things I find out in art the inform my life and the way i live it but not neccessarily topics in my work. Or maybe they'll come out in the future. I guess its a way of looking at landscape all this stuff so it's relevant. The shapes though, very strange. Maybe I didn't understand the materials enough.