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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 3.1 D in
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The first in a series of works exploring pictorial styles and conventions of different cultures. Ken's mother was born in Japan and there remains a Japanese influence going through the work. The picture uses three 'modes' to create an illusion: the cloud is done in the decorative kimono style used for draperies, the landscape references the golden age of Japanese prints - Hokusai. Hiroshige and Utamaro, and the figure is a contemporary geisha from Kyoto, painted in the modern realist-style. Even though the three components of the picture are in completely different, 'languages' we can still read the composition as a traditional landscape with background, foreground and figure. The painting is worked on by both artists over time, each artist (Ken/Seetha) adding their own touches. The title EFS (Ethnological Forgery Series) derives from the German rock band CAN, who in the 1970s produced a series of "Ethnological Forgeries", sounding like (or in the style of) music from diverse cultures, yet recognisably their own..
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:23.6 W x 23.6 H x 3.1 D in
Frame:Black
Ready to Hang:Yes
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Kenneth Hay FRSA, b. Inverness, Scotland & Seetha A, b. Singapore. Working collaboratively since 1994, as Moorland Productions, Ken and Seetha have participated in the Centennial Venice Biennale (1995) in the Transculture Pavillion with 'The World Tea Party', the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) as one of five UK artists in the RADAR Project-Connecting Europe, Centro Civico, Giudecca, Venice (2003), Presentation House, Vancouver (1996), the Czech National Centre for Experimental Theatre (2002), Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow, Poland (2004), London Deptford X (2004) and the Italia Future Telecom Centre (Venice, 2004), as well as in film festivals and exhibitions in Berlin (the 'Un Fair', Manchester Cornerhouse and London (with 'BANK'), Museum Magogo (Glasgow Project Space and Artists Space, Melbourne) and many other shows in the UK, Germany, France and Delhi. Moorland Productions work across a variety of media- painting, sculpture, video, photography, film, sound, installation, multimedia, working collaboratively using a distributed practice between London and France. Ken was born in Scotland and trained at Leeds University, The Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, and UCW Aberystwyth. He was Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at Leeds University when the School gained the 'No 1" slot in the Guardian League Tables as the best art school in the UK (2000); and then served as Deputy Head of the School of Design and Professor of Contemporary Art Practice at Leeds University. He is currently Visiting Professor in Aesthetics at Masaryk University, Brno, CZ. Seetha was born in Singapore and trained as an artist and linguist in Leeds College of Art, Goldsmith's College, Delhi Academy of Fine Art. She has traveled widely in India, Africa, China, Asia and Europe, and is a freelance artist and video-maker, based in London.
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