Notes taken during the virtual visit from artist Graham Crowley:
Surrealist artists use lighting to make the landscape look realistic
Graham uses lighting in his work
Imposter syndrome keeps you driven and keeps you prolific.
Read the essay I don’t like art on his website
Approval and disapproval why do you like/dislike it
Warmth and disapproval subverts authorship and don’t take it personally
Painting is a discourse and we can all engage in it
Lecturers have control and dominion over our work we are shaped by them
Sharing the principles of humanity and the art market can never grapple with
The YBA’s are nieces and nephews of Margaret thatcher
In Islam the depiction of animate objects or people is a sin as it mimics Allah’s creation of life. Calligraphy is accepted and architecture. (Claimed that Muslims were ‘afraid’ of art, but I disagree)
27/05/2021 -Although I found some of the things Crowley said to contradict themselves, the visit from him was useful and through provoking. It was interesting to see the way he worked, applying layers of paint onto each other, working in a very traditional way. He used the process of abstraction and removal, using masking tape to cover layers of paint and worked over it.
