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Anna Crawley

» An apt poem I came accross

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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» Pictures of Nothing, Abstract Art Since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe

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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» Some Words from Study Notes

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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» Final Assessment

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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» 12 Nov 2007

Someone stole my 'pony tail' pot plant from outside my front door step:(   I hope they needed it more than...
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» Oct 2007 ARTWORKS FOR SALE

Since the end of my studies in June 2007 I have been working with the new materials which I discovered...
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» June 2007

I am self taught but I did study under Peter Adsett (Artist) and completed my Level 7 in June 2007.  Peter...
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» NZ - NY Exhibition 4 May, 2006

I held a One Night Only Solo show.What a great night!  ...
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» New York's Agora Gallery recognizes Anna's talent!

"The paintings exhibit strength in a resolute style of work; with radiant forms emerging and dissolving out of equally radiant...
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Some Words from Study Notes

We will bring all different reading/interpretations but at the end we are left with the material.

Materiality – at times inability to see is okay

2007 – Painting tied to narrative

Donald Judd, “History of art and art’s condition at any one time are pretty messy, they should stay that way.”

Horizontality lies outside meaning – lies outside the conventions of ‘the painting of a tree’.

Anti-Form – “lowering” representation

Lowering results in;

1 – Object to Subject * viewing * horizontality

2 – Phenomenology

3 – Verticality has gestalt – has good form – reaffirms humanity

4 – Medium

Process - Dialogue determines condition of work 

Process – My personal condition from past will open up to me

Can’t separate Art and Life

Condition of sadness or love is the same for everyone – no one suffers it more or less.

My knowledge visually is theoretical in itself.  We know that it is the right thing to do even though I don’t know what I am doing.

There is condition to material, or material has a condition.

Representing a system

Judd, “A shape, a volume, a colour, a surface is something itself.  It shouldn’t be concealed as part of a fairly different whole.”

Not dictating viewer

Once you find your language you can’t get away from it.