The joy of creating art, the need to create, the frustration in failing, and the difficulty in suffering with this failure may be some of the feelings we all share as artists.
Alongside the personal experiences with art, the frustration at the constraining of the arts is something that we need to express together as a group.
And yet, I am not entirely saddened by the state of the arts – as I know that loss in funding will never stop people producing art, it will never stop people expressing themselves, and it will never stop the fight for people’s rights to exhibit and view art.
Burn the negativity, and relish in the joy that art brings whether as an artist or a lover of the arts.
I have chosen to burn one of my old paintings I did whilst in my final year at university. I pushed myself to my mental limits wanting to create ‘so many’ paintings before the end of the year. This particular painting changed many times over the weeks I was working on it in my failure to make it work as a piece.
The painting – now heavy with multiple layers of paint and stripped from the wooden frame it was once worthy to be affixed to – will be given a new lease of life as contribution to this mass bonfire, and represent the burning of my negative feelings toward this piece of work, and celebrate that I will always create art.
Details of artwork:
The painting I have chosen to burn is an oil painting from my final year at university. When stretched it measures 150x114cm, but I have decided to keep it rolled up for the time being as I do not like looking at it. Depending on how I feel at the time of the event I may decide to unroll it so I can see the image burning away and slowly disappearing, or keep it rolled up. I know if I kept it I would only unroll it to be left with a heavy feeling of unhappiness, this bonfire is the perfect excuse to be rid of it.
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