This lecture with Tiffany Singh and Tessa Laird has given me a insight to the use of colour in art and the effect colour has on people. Tiffanys main and most frequent use of colour refers to a spiritual context as her work is heavily influenced with a Indian culture which she is ¼ Indian her self. Many of the religions in India use bright colours to express a ceremony I cant remember the name of this particular ceremony but by throwing coloured powder at each other which is a very ‘joyous occasion and represents two gods making love. Singh context also lays in the audience participation as she says her interest are not her own work but what people do with it. She has coloured wax sculptures that she exchanges with the audience the colours represent the colours of the chakra ‘the 7 energy points in a persons body. These colours continue through out her works.

Tiffanys wax sculptures set in a rainbow or colours of the Chakra form

Tessa and Tiffany with there temple

Tessa Laird approach to colour in art is more of a quest for why modern gallery art is usually dark or white rather then packed with bright colour. From the age of 4 she fell in love with bright colour living next door to a artist who also love bright colours. Lairds art reflects the vibrant psychedelic posters from the 70. Laird also talks about how people will embrace a particular colour and are recognised through a colour like Chine-red, Islam-green, Ireland-green and so on which makes me think how colour plays a big part in our lives from gangs as a lot of them have a significant colour that represents them, to a countries flag.

Xavier Meade also uses colour to make his posters stand out as he says’ the posters have to jump out and grab you strait away’ the colours he uses come across more like power, to fight and freedom as most of his posters represent the under dogs.

My favourite colour is red. I think its because from when I was a child I remember seeing the mongrel mob from time to time and thought they looked cool and tough I guess I admired them ‘silly I know’ but even now I still like that colour because it reminds me of a strong and powerful visual.