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lunedì 21 settembre 2009

Interview with illusory L / Lucy Wu





q)please tell us a brief info about yourself.


a)I am from Taiwan, but I have stayed in UK for 4 years. I enjoy doing things like the young generation. I love contemporary art, fashion, design industry, rock 'n' roll music, travel, and every crazy thing/story.


q)Tell us about your humble beginnings, When did you you first realized that you wanted to be an artist?


a)I found that art is the most direct thing I can express everything in my head, I am not a good speaker, so I chose to communicate with people by art.


q)What are your tools of the trade and why?


a)I used almost every art media to create art, I admire both western and Chinese art, there are just too many beautiful mediums to be used.


q)Who or what gives you inspiration on your morbid art?


a)I think that the real integrity is not existing. The more painful we feel; the stronger we are. I am not interested in hypocritical things. I am crazy about Van Gogh and Munch, they expressed the very beautiful stuggle, which is really powerful. Also, I adore Yayoi Kusama, her art is full of sick but touching energy. My favourate author is Haruki Murakami, his novels depict a lot of black and blue layers of souls. He wrote many surrealistic plots but I think that is the truest thing to be believed.


q)Is your artistic background self-taught or did you go to college to study?


a)I had studied under the art system for 7 years, 3 years in the art-specific High school, and then I went to Kent and London to study in colleges for 4 years.


q)How do you keep “fresh” within your industry?


a)Always get information from the outside world. I enjoy getting information from everything, everywhere. After that, I observe and judge them.


q)What are some of your current projects?


a)My project has been developed for over a year. I am gathering loads of creatures/monsters from myself and people around me. I like to research what the real faces we have, and how far I can dig it. The beastliness under our skin is very interesting and worth digging. I see every painful event around me as an inspiration, the ugly beauty...


q)Which of your works are you the most proud of? And why?


a)http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucy-wu/3479522624/in/set-72157616433807001/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucy-wu/3611223131/in/set-72157619403798780/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucy-wu/3612036678/in/set-72157619403798780/

They are my degree show works. I think they stand a sort of new possibility in my own art practices. I was really confused in the differences between drawing and painting, and about combining doodles and oil paints. During the process of painting the final pieces, I got my confidence back and I really enjoy how much the paintings broght to me.

They were like my drama, I was the director, I experimented and decided many many things for them. That was a very cheerful thing to do.


q)Are there any areas, techniques, mediums, projects in your field that you have yet to try?


a)I have done so many drawings and paintings, I wish I will have some projects to be displayed in public, like window design and wall paintings. I am interested in making my characters into scupltures too. Also I would like to make animations as well. There are just too many plans to do...



q)What do you do to keep yourself motivated and avoid burn-out?


a)The competition between pals and other artists. When I see someone is doing great jobs, I feel like I have to work much more than that. My art is based on feelings and emotions, I am too sentimental and moody sometimes, the defect of my personality has somehow become a pusher in my art.



q)how do you spend most of your free time?


a)Reading a lot of novels, watching movies, listening to music, shopping, drinking with friends, and wandering around in the city.



q)What contemporary artists or developments in art interest you?


a)Peter Doig, Yayoi Kusama, Tal R, and a lot of people. Basically I am quite open-minded to contemporary art. I love those who are challenging the possibilities of paintings, and I love the lively energy artists have given in art.


q)We really like some of your pictures, how can we get our hands on them? Do you sell them? How?


a)I sell paintings. If anyone wants to buy one, he/she just needs to write email to me and we will diccuss the price and details. Most of my works are stored in London at the moment.

In the future, I would like to sell prints, stationary, or T-shirts. It's an interesting thing to do with my line-drawing characters.

venerdì 11 settembre 2009

Interview with Ryoichi Nakamura





q)Please introduce yourself.


a)Ryoichi Nakamura. Painter (Oil painting & Drawing). Japanese.


q) Where do you live and work?

a)Tokyo (since 2008)


q) How would you describe your work to someone who has never seen it?

a)My recent subject for paintings is about theconfused subjective-objective relationship and extending human nature in the representation of utopia and human being in the artistic expression. l try to express and understand the consciousness and the imagination of the futuristic body and mind in the high tech period.


q) How did you start in the arts? How/when did you realize you were an artist?

a)l was painting always. It was just a childish paintings. But l really enjoyed painting and l liked it. l was thinking about going to study art or other subject when l was 17 years old. l was afraid of my future. Artistic life is not safety. But l decided becoming an artist, because l really liked it.


q) What are your favorite art materials and why?

a)Pencil and paper & Oil color and Canvas. l like, because they help me to realize my image well. But there would be just useful materials for me.


q) What/who influences you most?

a)Japanese Anime (AKIRA, Gost in the shell l&ll, 999, Dr. Slump, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.....)

American Movie (The Terminator l&ll, RoboCop l&ll...)


q) Describe a typical day of art making for you.

a)Painting everyday in my studio, thinking about ideas in my favorite cafe.


q) Do you have goals, specific things you want to achieve with your art or in your career as an artist?

a)My recent goal is getting ¥1000000(= about $10000) with my paintings till l become 28 years old.


q) What contemporary artists or developments in art interest you?

a)Chinese fine artists (1960-1970)


q) How long does it typically take you to finish a piece?

a)One week or two weeks.


q) Do you enjoy selling your pieces, or are you emotionally attached to them?

a)l feel bit sad, but of course l don't against to sell.


q) Is music important to you? If so, what are some things you're listening to now?

a)l need music when l paint. l want to know, teen like to listen Jason Mraz?


q) Books?

a)l read a few days. l don't know what is my favorite.


q) What theories or beliefs do you have regarding creativity or the creative process?

a)Keep working (Rome was not built in a day) & Believe your future.


q) What do you do (or what do you enjoy doing) when you're not creating?

a)Talking my girlfriend or Meeting my best friends.


q) Do you have any projects or shows coming up that you are particularly excited about?

a)Now l work for my solo show.


q) Do you follow contemporary art scenes? If so, how? What websites, magazines, galleries do you prefer?

a)l don't think seriously about following contemporary art scenes or not.


q) Ask yourself a question you'd like to answer, and answer it.

a)

Q, If you can realize your dream with magic, what do you want?
A, l want to ........


q) Any advice for aspiring artists?

a)l think,,,, even you are an artist, you shouldn't behave like a big star. Artist is not special.


q) Where can we see more of your work online?

a)Website, www.ryo-art.org
Gallery156 (Kinosho kikaku) in Tokyo.

sabato 5 settembre 2009

Interview with Karl Grandin






q)Please introduce yourself.



a)My name is Karl Grandin and I was born in Sweden on Christmas Day 1976. After working as the art director for the influential Swedish music magazine Pop for two years I joined forces with a fellow artist in Stockholm and founded the graphic design unit Vår. I studied at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam between 2004 and 2006 and today I divide my time between freelance work and autonomous projects. At the moment I am creating imagery for Cheap Monday's new independent eyewear line Clairvoyant, working on series of 7-inch record sleeve for the Swedish underground record label Du & Jag and preparing work for upcoming exhibitions.

q) Where do you live and work?


a)Since a few years, after some time Japan, the US and the Netherlands, I'm back in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm sharing a two-floor studio with some friends in the north side of town.


q) How would you describe your work to someone who has never seen it?


a)I work in a wide range of media, like print design, textile, painting, installation and animation, but drawing is always a fundamental part of it. I enjoy working with tactile things. That's why I more often end up working with books, posters, installations and clothes than with digtal stuff. My way of perceiving and depicting society and what is going on around me is by creating worlds of my own. I use familiar elements and concepts, detach them from their sources and put them back together in new combinations. From these combinations of fragments, environments with a new sense and a redefined, often dreamlike logic take form. It is not necessarily about simplifying, but rather the opposite, making it more layered to arouse curiosity and encourage the viewer to examine more closely. It is a cut-and-paste of ideas as well as images, bringing together high, pop and sub culture.


q) How did you start in the arts? How/when did you realize you were an artist?


a)Drawing has been a central part of my life since I was a kid. When I was still in school I developed an interest in graphics and typography. I started working for a small graphic design studio in Stockholm and had the chance to work on books, magazines, record sleeves and posters. After a few years, the company expanded, growing from three people when I first joined to about ten, and it felt more and more like an ad agency. This was the perfect time for me to quit and concentrate on doing my own thing.


q) What are your favorite art materials and why?


a)Pen and paper. Although I work in a wide variety of media I always begin with a pen on paper. For me, it's the best way to render thoughts.


q) What/who influences you most?


a)The full moon.


a)q) Do you have goals, specific things you want to achieve with your art or in your career as an artist?


a)They keep changing.


q) What contemporary artists or developments in art interest you?


a)Art that defies definition, between or beyond what we used to call graphic design, painting, fashion, applied art, installation, etc.


q) How long does it typically take you to finish a piece?


a)It ranges from about a minute to eternity.


q) Do you enjoy selling your pieces, or are you emotionally attached to them?


a)I do enjoy selling my pieces but it is often just beacuse of my emotional attachment to them, I like them to being put to use and get lives of their own.


q) Is music important to you? If so, what are some things you're listening to now?


a)Music is a very important part of my working process. Some of the music that has influenced my work lately is Torkel Rasmusson, Alchemist, Fever Ray and Audionom.


q) Books?


a)The last few months I've been reading books by the Swedish author, leftist-political writer and columnist Jan Myrdal.


q) Any advice for aspiring artists?


a)Listen to people but trust your own imagination.


q) What do you do (or what do you enjoy doing) when you're not creating?


a)Biking, drinking green wine and enjoying rooftop views.


q) Do you have any projects or shows coming up that you are particularly excited about?


a)At the moment I'm working on a collaborative project with the Dutch artists And Beyond for a show called 'If You Could Collaborate', opening on January 14th 2010 at the A Foundation Gallery in east London. I am also planning to open up a small pizza parlor in my neighbourhood together with some frieds and make my own shochu moonshine.


q) Do you follow contemporary art scenes? If so, how? What websites, magazines, galleries do you prefer?


a)Right now, the most interesting gallery in Stockholm is SteinslandBerliner,http://steinslandberliner.blogspot.com/


q) Where can we see more of your work online?


a)www.karlgrandin.com


www.vaar.se


www.woo.se/portfolios/var