Help me,
Help you.
After 20
years- and literally thousands of pieces made and sold from the pavement to the
top end of town, my new aim is to become the most widely collected yet truly
non-commercial artist in Australia. Through the creation of a network supporters
from all walks of life I hope to not only donate the majority of my life’s work
to rural and regional galleries around Australia, but to create a method by
which other unrepresented artists can do the same- at little to no cost for
either giver or receiver.
There is a
lot of art stacked away out there in the world, and also a lot of walls…can’t a
simple way be found to solve this quandary?
This first
project will be called: ‘Espontáneo’ -a Spanish term for a
crowd member who spontaneously leaps into the ring of a bullfight, usually
using there own coat or jacket as a cape to goad the bull (also now used in
reference to a ‘streaker’ in sporting culture). A term- I thought, which sums
up nicely the idea of going against the well-established art-industry
mechanisms and commercial model of ‘value’…and just getting punk about your own
contribution to history.
The whole process will be completely open and
documented; with funding raised via crowd sourcing and as much barter, direct
support and community-involvement as possible.
A series of smaller pop-up shows will help to promote
the idea and gain interest, as well as display what will soon be donated
nation-wide. Then, these hundreds of works will be made into an online virtual
gallery (and maybe a book if a publisher is found/interested) and the actual
artworks sent to these galleries free on charge, and hopefully proudly
displayed.
You can get involved simply by re-posting and
participating online through social-networking, blogs and tweets (Yes I'm now on Twitter!)- and if you
happen to be connected to a small gallery or rural arts group, please contact
me and become part of this big idea.
And don't forget to "Like" my Fanpage on FaceBook...
And don't forget to "Like" my Fanpage on FaceBook...
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