Mary Heilmann

After researching Andrew Bick I found that one artist that inspired his work was Mary Heilmann. Her work really interested me and my previous pieces have a lot in common with her work as does Bick's work when compared to my more recent work.

Heilmann is also interested in creating conversation through the means of her work but more about the reactions her work creates rather than the contents of her work. Although she held a collaborative exhibition with Jessica Stockholder and in an interview Heilmann put a lot of importance on how they wanted it to be a collaborative show rather than a two person show and this meant the conversation between the two individual's work was vital to flow, to have a feel of fluidity. I also noticed this myself when trying to pick an exhibition space, that it was really important not just where you work was placed on the wall but also who's work was placed around yours.

I liked Heilmanns work as it has a minimalist feel but was still intriguingly vibrant and fresh. Her work is also a good example on how my work could have turned out if I chose against layering, although I think it would've been very difficult to obtain the unique and original feel, Heilmann's work possesses.