I forgot. It’s such a rooky mistake as well. Forgot to take proper photographs of the pop up show. I hope I can grab some images off other folxs but for now I will have to post what I have.
I got to show 3 drawings. Which to my surprise was really good. I was unsure about them and initially felt very self conscious. But discovered that actually I don’t suck and my work is ok and interesting to other people. It sounds silly now, but I realise that showing whatever I am doing is important.
It was surprisingly good to show this time around, a more low key and intimate venue but somehow I preferred it. Showing at Trinity Buoy Wharf was really good too, but I like the simplicity and positioning more of the Carton Space.
It’s a continuing question I am being challenged by - Who is my intended audience? It’s been exacerbated by showing in these two differing spaces. I dream about escaping the current social and economically driven constraints we live in. I may sound naive, but capitalism has been and is a growing concern. Having read a little around Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein, and seeing the effects I am increasingly challenged. Especially by people close to me. I am being asked - if I object to the dominant capitalist culture around me, how is that reflected in the work I make, how I make it and how I sell it?
If I want to use my voice, then how and where is that authenitically and effectively done? Whilst maintaining an awareness of my posionality, and not falling prey to common channels that ultimately feed back into the same old canals.
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On another note - I am unsure I will make any more of these drawings as I am unsure where I want to go with them. However I don know I love drawing, its a primary language, a conduit to and from my preconscious. I need to make more draw more - work from notions as well as ideas.