Apres August - Flipbook - Page 27
© Simon Kilvert
STICKS
final blow. The straw that
breaks the camel’s back.
That single word. Enough to
fell aspiration and send the
would be artist back from
whence they came.
But let’s live through the
knee-jerk. Take it on the
chin, glare back. Derivative?
Yeah so? Perhaps the
distinction needs to be made
on what level you are being
accused. Conceptual or
material? If it is conceptual,
then our friend Mr Warhol
has shown us that derivative
work embraced because of
it’s derivation and then held
up high enough to the art
gods is indeed accepted as
art. So that takes the sting
out somewhat. But now the growing list of artists
who proudly use deravitive
materials in their work is
surely the knock out punch
needed to once and for all
to flatten the critics secret
weapon and leave it on the
canvas for good.
&
Re-purposing materials into
works of art and craft are
indeed materially derivative
and are embraced as such.
This cause grows stronger
especially under the spotlight
of sustainability. Why pay
for new materials when you
can forge your own from
found and discarded objects.
Reuse, recycle, reform!
STONES
Derivative. Oh the dreaded
word every artist shudders
to hear.
How dare you. I have my
ways. I have my means. I
am my own person. It is the
Here, exhibit A: Simon
Kilvert’s ‘Bicycle on drying
rack’, exemplifies the reuse,
recylce and refrom. His art
is the art of derivation. who
would have thought? He did.
THE AUGUST 2023 EDITION
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