{"id":17645,"date":"2025-05-04T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2025-05-04T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:10:16","slug":"the-burial-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/04\/the-burial-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burial of the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Burial of the Dead<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Another New Studio<\/span><\/p>\n

‘April is the cruellest month, breeding<\/span><\/p>\n

Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing<\/span><\/p>\n

Memory and desire, stirring<\/span><\/p>\n

Dull roots with spring rain.’<\/span><\/p>\n

TS Eliot: The Waste Land\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

April has been a great big steaming waste of time. Everything I’ve tried has turned out badly and in the end I’ve had to put everything away and start again. I ended the month reading an article online<\/a> that takes a very jaundiced view of the art school in the UK and is extremely difficult to argue with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

d\u2019Alancaisez, Pierre. \u2018Art School Hotel California\u2019.\u00a0Elementy<\/em>, no. 6 (2024).\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52652\/e.6.24.12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The succession of photographs that follow present a view of my efforts over the month to prove to myself that I was active even though the evidence will be destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Template 04 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

I drew out the parts on insulation foam<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Cut Out 04 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Cut them out<\/p>\n

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Leg Parts Bandaged 09 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Wrapped them in plaster bandage – the mummification never mind the burial of the dead<\/p>\n

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Horse Body Bandaged 11 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Assembled the body, the problem is becoming more apparent I think<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Positioned 14 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Positioned the parts, held them together with steel rod<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Assembly 16 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Bandaged them again to hold the legas together as individual units<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Head 18 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d already made the head and tail. Watched the whole piece fall apart because the joints won’t hold<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Fixings 21 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Strengthened the joints so I could tighten them together<\/p>\n

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Horse Parts Connections 23 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Assembled the horse again and watched it collapse.<\/p>\n

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Horse Legs Remade 25 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Decided to join the two legs from each side of the horse together to see if I could build it differently<\/p>\n

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Horse legs abandoned 28 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Stopped flogging the dead horse when this failed, tidied the studio, reorganised so I could reach the blue foam.<\/p>\n

The month wasn’t a total waste, I did this drawing at the satart of the month,<\/p>\n

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Mare and Foal 02 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

and I made a small version of the horse to illustrate what I’m aiming for.<\/p>\n

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Circus Horse (after Seurat) 02 May 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Drawing<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve continued to draw every day; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The April drawings can be seen here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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