Theres a general satisfaction, at getting from one side to another
In painting. To link up the composition, anchoring, giving it harmony. It made me think of the TV show 'blockbusters'. They based a whole Show around this principle. Completing the golden chain. TV was watched continually when growing up. So one can’t ignore it. The world of mass culture on the tele contrasted with the bohemian household I was brought up in. So I would be sitting there eating elaborate ginger dishes whilst dogs dribbled on the floor watching things such as blockbusters, the A team, crystal maze. America was every where all the time in the 80’s. Rockys shiny stars And stripes shorts James Browns comeback, canned laughter skyscrapers everywhere So sold on America. Dazzled razmattazled. The TV was a portal into another world, a parallel world. It was as much to do with my upbringing as rural Somerset, the real world the parallel world merged into one All be it a TV productions version, it seemed real to me...
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AuthorSam Weldon - Artist |