NINA RELF FINE ART
RECENT PROJECTS
THE GALLERY AS A RITUAL SITE
June, 2019
Carol Duncan's notion of the gallery space as a 'ritual site' where the viewer performs a silent ritual as they engage with artworks was my stimulus for this project. Focussing on how we interact with artworks in the age of technology and reproduction, my paintings also comment on the similarities between a gallery and a religious space.
THE RENAISSANCE ON REPEAT
May, 2018
Exploring the mediums of collage, screen printing and painting in combination, I combine imagery of the everyday and mass-produced images from Art History. By repeating signs and images that I see on a daily basis, the work becomes a combination of the old and the present.
THE RENAISSANCE VERSUS THE MUNDANE
January 2018
In my most recent project for my undergraduate study, I combine my studies in the History of Art (particularly on the Renaissance) and create collages combining motifs from Giotto's frescoes in the St Francis Cycle at Assisi and mundane buildings and scenes of everyday life from Plymouth.
SELF-PORTRAIT
March 2017
For my final project of my first year on my BA course, I incorporated both aspects of my course (joint honours Fine Art and Art History) and produced Self-Portraits inspired by artists from the Renaissance. I also looked upon contemporary artists, such as Pippa Young and Simon Casson, who inspired me to combine my influences from both the old and the new.
BOUNDARIES
December 2016
Within this project I explored the geographical and emotional 'boundaries' that refugees face when they are forced to flee their homes. After talking to local Refugees, and going to see a charity that provides a home setting for them, I produced this projection in order to force the audience to think about this marginalised group in society.
NARRATIVE
September 2016
For my first project for my BA course, we were given the title 'Narrative'. Inspired by two pairs of old, second-hand shoes from a charity shop, I used the process of mono-printing to investigate the possible past narrative of the shoes - i.e. who they could have belonged to, where that person lived, the life story of that person, etc.  I then became interested in the idea of not knowing this information and the sense of ambiguity this introduced into my work.
