Ours and Mine- Richard Hamilton

My Sculpture Piece- Many Faces

For my homage to Hamilton i made a piece that comments on the many ways that Hamilton uses women in his work. The female figure is a frequent focus of his work where he playfully explores  their role in society as sex symbols, domestic godesses, even ornaments.  As much of his work is set in domestic day to day environments it seemed appropriate to integrate a house hold object, in my case a lamp as it fulfilled the domestic, mundane aspect which is so typical of his paintings. I was also inspired by  his use of photomontage and his bold often ecclectic use of colours. 

I took this opportunity during the sculpture block, to experiment with a wide variety of materials, making multiple castings of the faces using various different materials and methods as well as looking at effective ways of using light and shadow.The striking contrast between black and white patterns and bold blocks of colour is particularly characteristic of Hamiltons style.

Materials that i used included:

Various types of paper and tissue paper

Plaster of Paris

Tin foil

Printed images

sweet wrappers

Wire

Textured wall paper

Spray paint