By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:05:47 +0000

It is true Tom, we are pathetically tied down to the expectations of normal suburbia, not to cause a stir or do anything out of the ordinary. I had similar issues when trying to find a suitable upper body for my Pan having sex with a sheep senario. I thought i could find a suitable image in the porn world, but after looking through tons and tons of straight sex porn, so much that i have well and truly objectified the female form to the extent that I may never need or want to get it on with a real one again! I had the idea to look at some gay porn because quite simply there aren’t any decent shots of men in straight sex, and it turned out i was quite paranoid that anyone should find these print outs. which is really stupid cos its no ones business but mine what i do, but i was worried that my parents should find them and i should cause a mild stir. And then i started reading a book on the art of matthew barney, who first came to artworld prominence as a student creating his drawing restraints. these were a cycle of exercises he performed and filmed in his studio space. he tied himself to a bungee cord which was attached to the floor in the centre of his studio and used hand grips to climb to obscure positions on his walls where he could reach complete his drawings. The cycle culminated in a video where he set himself the task of reaching a big tub of vaseline in the centre of his space, hanging upside down, completely naked, he covers every orifice with vaseline. And he did this as a 21-22yr old. I can’t imagine ever having the guts to do something like that, which is probably why i’m just a conservative little painter.

Comments on: Those who wanted to fall- sketches

By: Andy