P H I L ' S D R E A M
I am, after all, one of those artists who has had to find new ways of proceeding, both in the making and presenting of my work.
This "de-professionalization" of art meant no studio, or a small combined studio and living space, and work made on demand, usually for group exhibitions.
By economic necessity, the activity is more part-time, rather than a working with materials carried on daily in the studio.
This move from the studio to the conditions of an office, so to speak, has consequences for the nature and quality of the work made.
It is an art of ideas more than of materials.
It is an art more dependent on the world around it for its images and materials - where work is more makeshift and less dependent on the studio than on the social site of the kitchen, living room,
bar
, library, university, and so on.
I found this rubber stamp in the back of the old desk I used as a portable studio for a while.
I like to stamp the image on the wall where I happen to be working.
