• Folk art and meaning in the visual arts
• Meaning through: communicating ideas, stories, messages, authenticity of aesthetic and content, real people and real experiences
Why?
• I'm personally interested in this, and it feeds into my own work and what I think is important within it (meaning, authenticity).
Who are your theorists - what texts - sources of info?
• The Unsophisticated Arts - Barbara Jones
(Little Toller Books, Dorset, 2013)
• British Folk Art - Ruth Kenny, Jeff McMillan, Martin Myrone
(Tate Publishing, London, 2014)
• Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective - Alan Male
(AVA Publishing, 2007)
Practitioners or practical examples?
Grayson Perry
The Agony in the Car Park, 2012
The Rosetta Vase, 2011
More to come.........
Who or what are your 'primary' theorists or texts?
• I don't have any 'primary' theorists or texts yet. So far, I've been reading and looking at people who are practitioners themselves, or who have ideas on art theory, social theory, etc.
• Barbara Jones (artist, curator, writer), Jean Dubuffet (Collection de l'art brut), Jeff McMillan (artist), Martin Myrone (curator), Edward Bawden (Life in an English Village)
• Lawrence Zeegen (when talking about illustration)
• Need to read more into art theories on folk/naive/lo-fi art...
How is it related to visual culture / image making / illustration?
• Meaning in the visual arts, the art of the people, how meaning is communicated through symbolism, content, and message, and an accurate style or aesthetic isn't completely needed to aid this.
• The idea of authenticity, ideas coming from personal experiences and feelings, thoughts, stories, conversations, myths, stories that have been passed down.
• Formal training / accurate artistic style isn't necessary in order to provide authentic and meaningful pieces of art.
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