We think we understand many of the reasons artists create. For some it’s to access the deepest parts of themselves. For others it’s to find answers to questions that haunt. And for still other performers and visual artists, writers…it’s to connect more profoundly with the larger community. Yet there is still a mystery that surrounds …
I did not decide one day that I will become a children’s photographer. I have to admit though that I feel comfortable entering their world and I feel proficient with showing it to others. Like every adult I know how quickly the childhood passes, how faint the memories it leaves. Childhoods can be so different: …
I mainly trawl my own and my family’s life and mythologise it; but through these pretenses and imaginings a deeper truth seems to emerge. You ask if this is satisfying and I would say sometimes it’s far too unsettling, too personal, for me to feel satisfied. Read more about Pam Hawkes in Combustus
There’s something about Alexandra Levasseur’s paintings that fill one with a sense of anticipation. Her subjects are on the verge. We feel as if we are voyeurs, witnessing a private transformation, the prelude to a drama where tension is steadily building. It’s a disconcerting experience for sure, yet despite ourselves, we grin. Cannot look away. …