text: art, culture and
context
collection of writings and musings on art, artists and other related
contextual issues.
Self Portrait November 2002
published in Venue Magazine, Bristol, November 2002
Working locally as an independent artist without state help, answering to
myself only, I create art from my experience and reflection of society.
Earning money in an office environment encourages further response to
social role-play and financial dependence. Working in a wider
international context I'm a powerless individual observing from a distance
the geopolitical games played between the world's political, religious and
corporate leaders. From this springs the beginnings of an art of protest
and propaganda. A world of avatars in an environment packed with signs and
representations dug from the trenches of cultural warfare.
Making art is part of my thought processes, as research in itself
towards an as yet unknown goal. Observing conflict between opposing
powers, each with its own culture, politics and ideology. Converting these
warring energies into Art with paint and pixels thus supplying myself with
a quiet but increasingly confident voice.
Subsistence as an artist demands an understanding of how to achieve and
maintain a flexible lifestyle. Earning money, creating art and travelling
in order to nurture a cross-border network whether in Bristol, Berlin or
Novi Sad. Reacting effectively when and wherever it is necessary to do so
is, for me, both practice and ambition.
dan@sparror.cubecinema.com