olivia+biography

BIOGRAPHY

Terry Stringer is a visual artist. Born in England in 1946. He graduated with Honors in 1967 from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland.

Terry Stringer's art is based around the differences between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional objects. Stringer works in two dimensons: painting and arranging the elements of his sculptures into three - always aware of the differences between the two. Stringer's manner derives from distortion. The two sources of distortion: the camera and folk art.

He has also begun experiments with furniture: distorted according to the laws of perspective and intentionally biased in direction. These furniture pieces are all illusion but allowed Stringer to experiment with more graphic colour. For the future, Stringer sees a series of figures in, or as, boxes: a possible link with the furniture pieces, and a more exacting use of volumes and rectalinear forms. He also intends to produce a series of large bronzes, keeping as close as ever to the 2D/3D conflict.


 * //Thanks Olivia. A good first effort here.// //I think this is a Level 3-4 Biography// (Have a look at the matrix on the biography page)

//In terms of next steps for writing a biography, I think you need to consider the following://

Purpose:** You have provided limited detail about the artist's early life and influences. To make it a Level 4 you'd have needed to explain why he is significant enough to warrant attention. You've used some quite spohisticated langauge and given a good descripton of what Stringers art is about, this is great (I trust you understand what it all means?!) (L3)
 * Text Organisation:** Your work is well sequenced and you've used paragraphs but it is limited in length. This and a conclusion is your next step. (L3)
 * Language Features**: Good to see that you know you can use the persons last name only after you've named them in full once. This makes things much less clumsy. Your writing is good (L4).