minos_6
31st January 2006, 08:09
All of my art expresses emotions, both positive and negative. Sometimes it's my own feelings that are expressed, sometimes the emotions of others.
I draw on "what I know", and my life has been a bit of a soap opera at times, so the mood of the pieces can vary! For example, "Wamphyr" was deliberately controversial, to draw attention to World AIDS Day 2005.
I feel I ought to give you more of an explanation though, because "Man With Knife" and "Second Sin" are much darker and more raw than usual. I hope you don't mind if I do that.
"Man With Knife" - my "father" called me on New Years' Eve to say that he's not my father. I have two older brothers. My mother had an affair which resulted in pregnancy. Abortion and divorce are forbidden in the Greek Orthodox faith. He agreed to raise me as his own, but was extremely abusive to me throughout my childhood, until I left in 1981 at age 17. I never understood why until now. He also said that he often wished he'd taken my life, and was coming to London to do just that. He's 78 years old. I'm not too worried about it...
But he did evoke a lot of memories and negativity, and that resulted in these two pieces of work...
If you read the Odd Nerdrum quote below, I think I reached the extreme edge of Kitsch style with these two!
I hope no-one finds them too disturbing. I wouldn't want anyone to think I create this sort of thing as a pointless provocative exercise. Both images have a lot of meaning for me.
My mother's husband made me think of things I haven't considered for many years, and doing this work helped me to exorcise all that negativity. A few days later, I realised what a positive thing it is that I'm not related to this man by blood!
Looking at my pictures lets people get to know me a little, but by no means should any of you get the idea that I'm depressed, upset, or anything like that. I have a good life, and would like to think of myself as a calm, healthy, balanced and caring person :)
In addition to my artwork and job, I also work as a volunteer, a "buddy" for people diagnosed with HIV. A lot of the people I work with appreciate my art - they say I express things for them that they can't always articulate. I also receive many e-mails directly from my own website from people who tell me that they can identify with the emotions I express in my work, and that it helps them not to feel so alone. So I hope that what I'm doing has some value to others, as well as to me.
The next posting you will see is "back to normal", with similar themes to the main body of my work, but I can't promise never to be controversial again!
Warm regards,
Dzanetos
I draw on "what I know", and my life has been a bit of a soap opera at times, so the mood of the pieces can vary! For example, "Wamphyr" was deliberately controversial, to draw attention to World AIDS Day 2005.
I feel I ought to give you more of an explanation though, because "Man With Knife" and "Second Sin" are much darker and more raw than usual. I hope you don't mind if I do that.
"Man With Knife" - my "father" called me on New Years' Eve to say that he's not my father. I have two older brothers. My mother had an affair which resulted in pregnancy. Abortion and divorce are forbidden in the Greek Orthodox faith. He agreed to raise me as his own, but was extremely abusive to me throughout my childhood, until I left in 1981 at age 17. I never understood why until now. He also said that he often wished he'd taken my life, and was coming to London to do just that. He's 78 years old. I'm not too worried about it...
But he did evoke a lot of memories and negativity, and that resulted in these two pieces of work...
If you read the Odd Nerdrum quote below, I think I reached the extreme edge of Kitsch style with these two!
I hope no-one finds them too disturbing. I wouldn't want anyone to think I create this sort of thing as a pointless provocative exercise. Both images have a lot of meaning for me.
My mother's husband made me think of things I haven't considered for many years, and doing this work helped me to exorcise all that negativity. A few days later, I realised what a positive thing it is that I'm not related to this man by blood!
Looking at my pictures lets people get to know me a little, but by no means should any of you get the idea that I'm depressed, upset, or anything like that. I have a good life, and would like to think of myself as a calm, healthy, balanced and caring person :)
In addition to my artwork and job, I also work as a volunteer, a "buddy" for people diagnosed with HIV. A lot of the people I work with appreciate my art - they say I express things for them that they can't always articulate. I also receive many e-mails directly from my own website from people who tell me that they can identify with the emotions I express in my work, and that it helps them not to feel so alone. So I hope that what I'm doing has some value to others, as well as to me.
The next posting you will see is "back to normal", with similar themes to the main body of my work, but I can't promise never to be controversial again!
Warm regards,
Dzanetos