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Artist profile:

rae

Inspired by: love / tracey emin, stephen king, quentin tarantino / van gogh, eugene atget, poe

i'm an art student, and am stilling finding my way in terms of work. i love photography, history, books, boys, eating, writing, and laying in bed.

Country of residence: United Kingdom

rae

Latest activity

An Essay that wants to Blog

27/02
The key concern of my work is always myself.  This year, I have decided to look toward the past and to the external factors which become my internal narrative.   I have thought more deeply about what sort of art I’d like to make, or at the very least, what I’d like to get...

Thomas says....

21/02
This is something essential to art: reception is never its goal. What counts for me is that my work provides material to reflect upon. Reflection is an activity. ” – Thomas Hirschhorn

dreams

14/02
last night i dreamt of jon.  i dreamt that he came to me, left his wife and kids, and wanted to be with me.  but the thing is, i wasn't sure if i wanted him then.  i kept thinking of other things (people) i wanted to do, or reasons why not to settle down with him.  i wonder...

faces i've known...

06/02
some images i worked on...don't have images for the rest of the list yet....pre-digital boyfriends.
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how and why

03/02
how can i make work, when i've seen so many things i wish i had made?  how can i begin to compete with the mike nelsons and tracey emins who have done what i wish i could have? why do i even bother? why don't i bother more?

the key

01/02
jon is the key to the project i think.  i also think self-analysis and some deep reflection on what each person meant/means is what i need to do next.  i've been immersed in work that is substantially meaningless, although it does serve a certain function outside of my self-...

second impressions

31/01
bob: lolita frankie: cars, behind, facial hair, hat mikie: gutter punx, basement w katy on computer...specific reference? john: american beauty (suffice for two johns) george:  punk, slc punk?  forest gump? stevie:  cool, sublime? mark:  party scene...thrash. music, losing mind...
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beginning

31/01
so this is sort of a loose interpretation of a project currently in process.  i wanted to make a video using found footage (ie other movies, or youtube etc) to record and capture an impression of a memory i have of specific events.  these primarily have to do with men in my life from the...

love/memory

31/01
how are my memories of past experiences manifest in my life? how do i use the past as a crutch to prevent me from moving forward? how are my memories distorted? (can this actually be measured?) how do they fuse together to form some coherent piece?

love/memory

31/01

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Part of the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project

SLG Whitechapel Gallery Royal Academy of Arts Tate Britain Southbank Centre
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