Not everything you see is art.
In 2009 I had an open studio day for my friends, where I showed some of my new works, and also some experimentation, which was not, and was never going to be, art. I entitlted the open day, "Not everything you see is art", and I created a huge screen with letters created from cut outs of a magazine.
This phrase has stuck with me since then, and now I run a blog (www.noteverythingyouseeisart.blogspot.com) where I put my musings on art, and non-art, aside from my own works.
And back in 2005, for my 40th birthday, my brother gave me a roll of canvas, which I have carried around the world with me, waiting for the right inspiration.
And on the street where i live, old screen printing frames are sometimes left on "trastos" night.
I decided to cover one of these frames with the canvas roll, but realised that I could put it over to cover just about two-thirds of the frame, which I then painted with some left over purple paint.
It was several weeks later, while experimenting with cardboard cutout letters and spray paint, that I realised that all these ideas could, should, and must come together to create a new series of works.
NOTEVERY
THINGYOU
SEEISART
JDHOLDEN
NOTOTALL
OQUEHASV
ISTESART
JDHOLDEN
NOTODOLO
QUEVOSVE
ISESARTE
JDHOLDEN
So, my thanks to my brother, and to Lali and Monica for their translations into Catalan and Spanish.
