Neil's first project of the year: Ask your family to describe what you do and present it in C02 so everyone else can read it... I asked my Mum, Dad and Sister to do this as well as Susie. On further description of this task, Neil then pointed out that only one persons description was necessary and that the point in a way is that people would get an idea of what you do but not in your words... I appreciated the efforts of family greatly but if this is a task designed to present a description of your work to people who don't know it surely you choose the person who writes about art for a living, so I did. As I have said though, I do greatly appreciate the efforts of my family and so I thought I'd publish their writings here for all to see. It is always an interesting exercise listening to somebody else describe what they think you do and what they think is important...
Andrew is an individual of his art and is not afraid of pushing boundaries. He is always
challenging himself to explore his imagination and let his mind take him on an
adventure.
What I find especially
interesting and exciting is there is no specific genre. He is willing and
confident in his thoughts, ideas and ability to put these into practice either
alone or by enlisting help, e.g. standing on posts, magic tricks. He does
though thrive on interaction and is not fazed by criticism, usually finding an
answer to it and taking a positive out of it. (Mum).
I think Andrew creates and
develops art that challenges people’s perception of what art is. He explores
the concept of visual and performance art and at the minute, for me, borders on
creating theatrical performances. His work presents a skill, however simple
(standing on an object for a period of time), for an audience to observe. His
work is site-specific and always unique – the performance work has the
potential to succeed or fail and therefore has a risk factor. His work is not
replicable for this reason – if the work was recreated it would always be
different, as the elements of the performance can never be exactly the same.
I think his work is imaginative, visually interesting and expresses an
alternative way of thinking about how everyday objects, settings and actions
can be placed together to create art. (Sister).
Ever since Andrew branched
out to the modern side of art I've never understood what he is creating as his
artwork, but I know that it is his
work. He has always put his thoughts & beliefs into
his practice. (Dad).
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