A few days ago we had a visitor in the form of James Iveson; a very fashionable and successful result of Goldsmiths. Its not often you get to see an actual real life contemporary fine artist, just doing as they do, so it was pretty exciting! His work focuses on patterns, mostly fashion garments; he takes into account and researches the fashion industry, but in no means is it involved in his work (or an instrumental tool in the creation of his work)
One painting that stuck out for me was originally inspired by a pair of H&M boxer shorts. If I’d been told this without actually seeing the work for myself, I’d think the idea behind it would diminish the quality of the work somehow; but that really wasn’t the case. The boxers had a repeated boat pattern that Iveson had manipulated and scaled larger, in order to recreate the image. The fact that he’s able to find inspiration from something as mundane as boxer shorts is almost... well, admirable.
He repeats and repeats the image until it becomes a slight recognizable recreation of its former self. With one painting, he'd explained his girlfriend had bought a new dress, which he was instantly obsessed with because of the 'complexity' of the pattern. When eventually revealing this 'pattern' to us, it emerged as a load of dots. To me, that's just fantastic.
It’s the simple things and ideas in life that make me smile… and this is no exception.
I’ve driven a lot of inspiration and admiration from this artist; I’m beginning to look at my work with a less critical eye, and trying to tone down the ‘psychological details’ I felt necessary in order to make my work at all interesting. I'm slowly beginning to learn this really isn't the case.
One painting that stuck out for me was originally inspired by a pair of H&M boxer shorts. If I’d been told this without actually seeing the work for myself, I’d think the idea behind it would diminish the quality of the work somehow; but that really wasn’t the case. The boxers had a repeated boat pattern that Iveson had manipulated and scaled larger, in order to recreate the image. The fact that he’s able to find inspiration from something as mundane as boxer shorts is almost... well, admirable.
He repeats and repeats the image until it becomes a slight recognizable recreation of its former self. With one painting, he'd explained his girlfriend had bought a new dress, which he was instantly obsessed with because of the 'complexity' of the pattern. When eventually revealing this 'pattern' to us, it emerged as a load of dots. To me, that's just fantastic.
It’s the simple things and ideas in life that make me smile… and this is no exception.
I’ve driven a lot of inspiration and admiration from this artist; I’m beginning to look at my work with a less critical eye, and trying to tone down the ‘psychological details’ I felt necessary in order to make my work at all interesting. I'm slowly beginning to learn this really isn't the case.
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