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Fotini Filippou

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
Fotini Filippou Fotini.Filippou@mail.bcu.ac.uk
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2021
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A collage version of a close up of the face from The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. The painting has been over painted with a bright blue and bright pink paint. The figures face is replaced with painted illustrations of birds.
The Birth of Venus (collage) by Fotini Filippou

My practice is about the relationship between highbrow and lowbrow art, how the “value” of an artwork is determined and how the mechanical reproduction of art, devalues the authenticity and uniqueness of the original. I am experimenting with collages, screen printing and by painting on recycled materials, with the aim to alter the appearance of already existing artworks. There is a strong connection between the media and the ideas, because, screen printing for example, is the main source of reproduction, therefore an easy way to create multiple prints that would be identical to each other, but my screen prints, even though they have the same concept, they are all slightly different from each other. Heavily inspired by W. Benjamin’s book, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, he claims that we live in a world that art is digitally reproduced in such detail, that is almost identical to the original piece, yet, authentic artworks have a “unique” aura that could never be replaced. Moreover, Oliver Laric’s work, “Versions”, made me question the relationship between copy and original, authorship, piracy and reuse. Overall, the aim of my practice, is to challenge the viewer when looking at my renovated artworks and show how mechanical reproduction, is indeed affecting the value of art.

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The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

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A colour photograph showing two fabric collages on a white background. The collage on the right shows parts of a mens blazer that have been deconstructed. The fabric is in pieces and layered onto of one and other. A leopard print fabric replaces the body. The words 'Be Strong and Couragous' are written in pink on a white piece of fabric. In the fabric collage on the right the words 'you are perfect' are stitched in pink and written on off-white fabric. A photograph pf three women is printed onto fabric and layered underneath alongside other elements of a deconstructed mens blazer.
Sharon Efomi
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A digital illustration showing a small boy by his bed. His mum is facing the wall so all we can see is her back. The woman and young boy are both African-Caribbean. The scene shows a boys bedroom, it is dark blue and there is a small desk and chair with a book shelf to its left.
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