Judy Darragh is a New Zealand artist who uses objects she finds to assemble creative sculptures. She is renowned for these bright coloured sculptures, using materials such as recycled items, industrial materials, collage, photography, video, and poster art. The materials often include bottles, glassware and plastic to corks, feathers, tikis, beads, paint, flowers, paua and cake tins. Darragh emerged as an artist in the 80’s, her work touches on material consumerism, as well as displaying a fondness for everyday objects. Within her structures, she uncovers the relationship between objects and their surroundings, however, the making of the structures are equally as important as the assemblages themselves as she creates new from old with a new and improved significance.
Judy Darragh’s work relates to the Process from Image brief as her use of alternative substrates serves as inspiration for the 4th week of the brief. Her colourful, compelling works make for interesting installations with meaningful messages behind them. I can take inspiration from Darragh’s work during week 4 as I can try to use recycled and found objects to create work on as a way to repurpose something old and give it a new significance.