“Enthusiasm makes sense to me,” Chetwynd reveals. “My work is more like comedy or carnival rather than something that is professionalised; it has a fun rebellious energy. Humour is often marginalised, it’s underestimated how hard you have to work to get or keep your ground. My performances are really gestural and are not meant to exist afterward. I wanted to burn the costumes after, but really had to change my attitude. http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/spartacus_chetwynd.html
what a great comment. such a releife to hear someone talking about something i feel about my own work. I've been saying 'i'm all about process' and worrying at people that 'i'm not really about a quality finished product'. When I read '...rather than something that is professionalised; it has a fun rebellious energy' I thought, "That's what I meant!"
so my attitude is maybe like hers. I must find more of her stuff.
she's in satchii
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she's in the guardian
http://www.playlust.net/wp/?p=105
she's in fashion
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/spartacus_chetwynd/
she's in art journals
she's everywhere, being cool, different, scrappy, enthusiastic and brilliant.
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/spartacus_chetwynd1/
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of Vivi's increadible, silly performance at the Cube - Las Nuit De Las Brutas or something. Very enthusiastic, not 'professionalised', such a happyer way of making work. When i was in the audience for that I felt like i might be present at the cutting edge of art/performance. Rock on.
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