Les Bicknell's lecture was the first in the lecture series by a visiting practicing artist.Les is a very successful artist who coined the term "BOOKNESS" and is constantly reinventing it by thinking of infinite different ways of interpreting a book structure.He draws inspiration from ploughed fields,smocked shirts,natural history,architecture,Renaissance Art and many other disciplines.I was fascinated by his curious mind and his constant appetite for learning,researching,inventing new approaches to his practice.
He gave us the following advice to take our art practice further,deeper-:
- Make connections with people other than artists writers, musicians,dancers,historians, scientists, archaeologists,geologists,athletes in order to imbibe ideas from their work.
- Place your art in a contextual framework
- Get it out of your head-sketch,make a model
- Constantly ask yourself these questions-:
what happened?
why did it happen?
why did it happen?
what is my response to this?
what should I do as a result of this?
how can I make this happen again?
Les prepared a list of questions for the class for reflection which I answered
What do you like doing? making with my hands, drawing,doodling,cutting,tearing, carving,pasting,knitting ,weaving,stitching,inking,modeling,playing with materials. I have always had interest in the hand made and valued this means of production.I think the invisible presence of the makers hand intrigues me.The detail,the imperfections, the skill and the durational element.
Why do you make work?to leave a trace, a mark .to see what is going on inside my head by expressing it in a physical form
What is your work for?for giving vent to my thoughts .I am not possessive about my work and like to sell them.
What do you want from your work? to create something very intricate,fragile and beautiful ,yet thought provoking.the viewer should be constantly drawn to it and yet repelled by it
What do you get from your work?making art is a cerebral and emotional activity.since much of my work is drawn from my subconscious mind , am constantly surprised by what lies within.making art gives me a great sense of fulfillment
What's your work about?my work is personal and is stories about me,in the social milieu that I inhabit .I like to record abstract things like change,impermanence,relationships,memory... in my work
Who is your audience? could be anyone.my stories are open to interpretation by the viewer.
Where does your art go to?art exhibitions,art fairs,collectors warehouses or just sit at my studio and wait to go somewhere at some future date.
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