Julian Farrar
Email: julian@julianfarrar.com
Thoughts Made Flesh
Thoughts Made Flesh is a series of large scale drawings each depicting the human form ‘embodying’ a thought or state of mind.Painstakingly crafted, each drawing stands at a staggering 2.5 meters high. The drawings feature me, the artist, and are made using a combination of photography and real life study. Whether cowering in the shadows or staring directly out at the viewer each form is coaxed from the darkness using a traditional combination of pencil and rubber. Standing tall like institutional pillars they collectively represent the captivity we suffer through thinking.
'Made Flesh No.3' is featured at www.artkudos.com as part of their year long exhibtion 2009.
A film of my studio and the drawings can be seen at www.vimeo.com/6977354
Studio
These first set of 4 are claustrophobic and overpowering. They tower above you and hold your gaze. They are statuesque in their presence and their stubbornness. They demand to be seen and are therefore inward and self obsessed. Just as this reflects the process of being overrun by a thought the series, as it expands, will evolve. The more my understanding of this subject grows the more the images will change and start to move and become almost flippant in their spontaneity.
These first set of 4 are claustrophobic and overpowering. They tower above you and hold your gaze. They are statuesque in their presence and their stubbornness. They demand to be seen and are therefore inward and self obsessed. Just as this reflects the process of being overrun by a thought the series, as it expands, will evolve. The more my understanding of this subject grows the more the images will change and start to move and become almost flippant in their spontaneity.