Trying to Throw Water Balloons at Staff Members' Heads (Best of 36 Tries)
Shown at Leeds University Fine Art Degree Show, Trying to Throw Water Balloons at Staff Members’ Heads (Best of 36 Tries) is entirely site-specific. By using staff members, the piece references its location – in a Leeds University Fine Art BA Degree Show.
The title is integral to the piece, and in this case, it is the title that makes the concept clear; it is the attempt by the anonymous ‘thrower’ that forms the basis of the piece. The title also makes clear the piece’s art historical reference, to those few who will ‘get it’. Trying to throw.. references John Baldessari, namely Trying to Throw Four Balls in the Air to get a Square (Best of 36 Tries). The art historical reference, through being relatively obscure, is an extension of the artist’s interest in art’s elitism. Click on an image to begin slideshow.
