I have decided to use the Man Ray ready made Cadeau for the inspiration for the next work. The piece consists of an old iron with a handful of nails that has been applied to the ironing surface. I have always enjoyed the modernist take on art. Simply changing the context in which an object exists, apply the label "art", presto art. I know that it has a frustrating side to it, one can't help but to find it a bit contrived. Pushing that a aside for a moment, I feel that this was an extremely important time and was instrumental in developing modern art as we practice and view it today.
My real idea with making a print featuring Man Rays Cadeau is the idea taking a ready made and recreating it in a bit more artful and less matter a fact way. I'm taking his context and throwing it out the window, "take that Man Ray". I love the idea of making a pretty picture out of something so raw and rough. Not only do I mean that in a physical scene but also in response to many of the predominant ideas of the modernist area. I feel by creating a print of this image I am taking control of Man Rays intended context and perhaps turn it into a more conceptual attainable piece of art.
