My first “artist talk” happened last week and thankfully it wasn’t as intimidating as I had expected it to be. At times I felt I could hear my own voice and had no control over what I was saying, my passion took over.
Our group was interesting, as I only knew the work of two others. I learnt that no matter whether you like the work visually, the ideas that underpin it, and the artist’s attitude to their practice is always the most important thing. I also discovered that we all experience the same anxieties and periods of being lost or stuck. This was very reassuring.
A major issue I will have to face is the documentation of my work. The pieces I have been working on this year are extremely difficult to photograph- would I tackle this with a professional photographer? Or decide that they should not be photographed at all?
An example of the difficulty in showing my work is here. Only slight marks can be seen, a very different experience is offered when viewed in reality…
