The reality of participating in a critique of work that is still in process can make for a more interactive discussion with the artist rather than with the work itself.
Using repeated screen prints allows an immediate manufactured and cloned quality, which in turn encourages ideas in consumerism and mass production. The skulls had an obvious pop art feel to them, comparable in presentation to Warhol's famous Marilyn Monroe prints.
I felt the three times repeated imagery was a classic way to make something, or should I say, anything, look like 'art'. Through history it has become a significant number for portraying words, images or objects in an aesthetically pleasing way. The effect this had was that we were more trusting of the work as a finished piece rather than something in progress.
The artist described how the images move from the simple representation of the skull to an adapted version. There seemed to be a strength in this idea, the skull being a symbol relating to death, something that perhaps should be respected, was being mutated much like the design for a cartoon or computer game character. I also liked the relation back to pop art, that something as popular in fashion as the skull was being shown as a portrait, almost like the new celebrity icon.
