This blog's title is based upon the best question I ever overheard being asked, by a young Liverpudlian child to his mother, as in "What's..?". The answer seems to be something of a creative and cultural nature which, in deed (primarily the making of art) and word, this blog intends to explore...
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Art & Photography
graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm
original source; 'The Guardian' G2 26/08/08
The source of this latest drawing in The Project - resuming after a brief hiatus most importantly (& hopefully) spent pursuing a rather intriguing research opportunity - being an introduction to the work of the artist Slinkachu, here most succinctly presented as in its original newspaper article form:
The original image from which the drawing was processed seen in juxtaposition with a broader view gives a sense of the fragile magic of Slinkachu's delightful work, transient interventions into the urban landscape, & also the fascinating tension between the photographs themselves & the manner in which they explore scale, the different & contrasting truths they reveal.
Soundtrack:
Belle & Sebastian 'The Life Pursuit' & 'Push Barman to Open Old Wounds'
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