Read this Wildlife Art Journal article Sculptor Simon Gudgeon at his studio in Dorset. Subscribers may see all 6 images. ISIS, bronze, 10 foot high (Isis resides in London's Hyde Park). By Simon GudgeonSubscribers may see all 6 images. THE CHASE (Otters & Fish), bronze, 9 foot high By Simon GudgeonSubscribers may see all 6 images. RAVENS, Bronze & Granite, 8 foot, 6 inches high By Simon GudgeonSubscribers may see all 6 images. THOTH, bronze, 8 foot high By Simon GudgeonSubscribers may see all 6 images. Five Questions/Five Art Works Meets English Sculptor Simon GudgeonJulie Chapman Asks Gudgeon To Riff On Monumentality, Authenticity, And The Current EconomyWritten By Wildlife Art Journal Staff (Author's Bio) We at Wildlife Art Journal think of Five Questions/Five Art Works as the art conversation that never ends. Now, as the dialog leaps across the Atlantic, we know you'll enjoy this next phase.
Again, here's how it works: Once an artist is interviewed, he or she, in turn, engages another artist and pose sfive questions—so long as they are directly or remotely art related.
In our first installment, WAJ editor Todd Wilkinson interviewed Susan Fox who then had an exchange with Andrew Denman about painting. Denman chatted with colleague, Montana artist Julie Taylor Chapman. And here, Chapman explores ideas with English sculptor Simon Gudgeon, who is regarded as one of the rising stars of the three dimensional medium.
Gudgeon, born in 1958, lives and works in the beautiful Dorset countryside where he has recently opened a 26-acre sculpture park known as "Sculpture by the Lakes" in association with the Halcyon Gallery. Simon's signature style is instantly recognisable by the smooth, minimal forms expressing in simple lines both movement and emotion. He has recently had a sculpture, Isis, unveiled in London's Hyde Park. He is represented by Halcyon Gallery .
Enjoy Julie Chapman's conversation with Simon Gudgeon .
JULIE CHAPMAN: What got you started as a sculptor? Why did you choose sculpting over any other medium? And what led you to your more stylized approach?
SIMON GUDGEON: I literally bought some clay. I had always thought there was some strange alchemy involved in... Additional Article Information:· Article is 1,619 words long (250 are displayed in this preview). Author: Wildlife Art Journal Staff Post Date:September 28th, 2009 'In this latest installment of Five Questions/Five Art Works, meet acclaimed British sculptor Simon Gudgeon. Five Questions/Five Art Works allows artists to interview other artists. It's part of an ongoing conversation. Here, Julie Chapman asks Gudgeon to share his toughts on monumentality in sculpture, what drives him to create and the challenges posed by the economy. It makes for yet another fascinating read.
The chain, thus far:
Todd Wilkinson interviewed Susan Fox
Susan Fox tapped Andrew Denman
Andrew Denman selected Julie T. Chapman
Julie T. Chapman engaged Simon Gudgeon
How Five Questions/ Five Art Works works: Every few weeks, Wildlife Art Journal will feature another installment
in which an artist is interviewed and
able to show off five works of their own choice.
After they are interviewed, they, in turn, interview another artist and
can ask him/her any five questions of their choosing—so long as they
are directly or remotely art related. An added dimension is that after
five artists have been featured in a row, the next must reside in a
country outside the borders of where the fifth artist lives.
Ground Rules
1. The contacted artist is asked five questions, any questions related
to art or the artist's life, and in addition to providing the answers,
the interviewee passes along five digital images of her/his artwork for
display at Wildlife Art Journal. Information should include full name
of artist, generally where she/he lives, and how long they've been an
artist
2. The person asking the questions forwards the answers to the
questions and the images along to Wildlife Art Journal. Email:
editor@wildlifeartjournal.com
3. The artist who is interviewed then is asked to select another
artist of her/his choice to whom another, different set of five
questions are posed. Again, any questions, as long as they are related
to art and the artist's life), and then, similarly, to point 2, above,
ask the interviewee to provide five digital images of her/his work to
accompany the questions. Once an artist is interviewed, they have to
interview someone else and send the material along to me.
4. This process will be ongoing and we will collect a roster of
artists and their respective country as this grows. One rule is that
after five artists are interviewed from a given country, the next
person selected must hail from a different country. For example, if
five American artists are featured in a row, the fifth person selected
will then pick an artist friend/colleague in another country.
5. Our motivation is to make the questions intriguing and to allow
participating artists who show off their art to a wide audience, while
hopefully enabling readers to learn something along the way.
If you have any questions or need clarification, please contact me:
Todd Wilkinson, Editor, Wildlife Art Journal,
editor@wildlifeartjournal.com
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