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Drawing, pen and ink on Paper
Size: 16.5 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
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This drawing came about after witnessing my father experiencing hallucinations whilst being seriously ill with flu. I sat by his bed whilst he reported what he could see in the Chinese rug beside his bed. For a while I was quite envious of his ability to see clearly what were the manifestations of his imagination. He was convinced of what he saw, where I only saw abstract patterns. The rug, and my father's interpretations, put me in mind of the visions I remember reading about in de Quincy`s 'Confessions Of An English Opium Eater' - a thin veil between reality and imagination. In my scientific training and in the uber-rationalist age in which we live, hallucinations can be reduced to mechanistic causes, but the variability of human experience and of perception means that we should be cautious of cause and effect and rational explanation. I ended up thinking that reality and perception are far more complex and mysterious than scientific philosophy would pretend it to be.
Drawing:pen and ink on Paper
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Size:16.5 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
Frame:Black
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"Although I state that much of my work stems from the imagery thrown up by depression, I would say that it is also the imagery of unconscious connection.Indeed the two are irrevocably entwined. It is no accident that the appearance of animal symbols and the use of bodily products such as hair, urine and blood is also influenced by my former work as a veterinary surgeon. Some time spent in psychoanalysis has helped me to illuminate these connections to find a personal mythology, which I believe connects to a universal meaning of what it is to be human. The `otherness` of animals, their power, vulnerability, unselfconsciousness and instinctual drives, and their relationship with us, are potent symbols of qualities we also have - qualities which we struggle with in our attempts to remain in control of ourselves and our society. It is where these tensions meet that my work is situated." Studio: Sculpture Shed, Spike Island, 133, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX. Tel: (0117) 929 2266; Email: michael.hayter@blueyonder.co.uk
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