FOR THE WARMING OF AN ARTIST'S STUDIO - (By David Wagoner, American Poet)The previous tenant, runing out of business,Bolted the...
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A book I highly recommend. It is about ART – the integrity of the artist and the truth of their Art, a...
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We will bring all different reading/interpretations but at the end we are left with the material.Materiality – at times inability...
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Part of my Final Assessment for End of Year Exhibition by tutor Peter Adsett. “…You have taken on the space exceptionally...
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Someone stole my 'pony tail' pot plant from outside my front door step:( I hope they needed it more than...
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Since the end of my studies in June 2007 I have been working with the new materials which I discovered...
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I finally (and sadly) finished my precious one year study with my great tutor Peter Adsett. I thank Peter for...
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What a great night! On arrival to the venue, I took a quick look around at the final result of the...
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What a BUSY 6 weeks it's been! It all started when my brother Vena offered financial support and encouraged me...
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"The paintings exhibit strength in a resolute style of work; with radiant forms emerging and dissolving out of equally radiant...
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June 2007
I finally (and sadly) finished my precious one year study with my great tutor Peter Adsett. I thank Peter for his guidance to where my art is now and I thank Alice and Jonathan Wilson-Milne, from The Learning Connexion, for the scholarship.
What an exhilarating journey...I now see art in a new way. My own art is now more interesting and critical as it responds historically as well as culturally. What stood out for me from the course?
1. Process
2. Materiality
3. Horizontality
4. Figure Background Shift
5. Space, Creating
6. Cultural Space
7. Historical shifts in Art
8. Rosalind Krauss
9. Eva Hesse
10. Slippage
As evidenced from my stories corresponding to each pre-2007 artwork, I had always thought that I, as the artist, must tell the viewer what my artwork was about. I now believe otherwise since I’ve learnt to respect my materials and let them ‘speak’ for me. You only need to look at my new works to see for yourself, and the only title I now give my works is the date I completed them. To reference the artwork to a title/story is ‘representation’ – a meaning to something that is already understood (and there is nothing wrong with that). Unfortunately, most viewers still prefer a title so that they can relate to a work. But how can we move art forward if we are always relating art to what is already understood? If we give our life to Art, then we shouldn’t be afraid to enter unknown ground.
I've attached some of my artworks (mainly Site Specific Works) from my year's study.
