JEMMA EGAN – ARTISTS LUNCHTIME CRIT

The pain of clearing a studio.

The pain of throwing things away

(both materials and art)

Maintaining a practice beyond art school

Accessing facilities

Being a part of a network

The cost of making artwork

Does it really have to cost anything?

Taste

Class

The implications of talking about class and taste that’s involved in your work even though that might not be why you make the work you make

Surface

Tackiness

Luxury

Style

Gardening

Shop displays

Formal gardens

Informal gardens

Gorilla gardening

Crocs

Cracks

Gaps

Flocking

Velvet

Shiny

Sausages

Surface

Dipping

Wallpaper

Family

Paid work

Seed mixes

Flowers

Weeds

Grand houses

Surprise

Mapping

Documentation

Living

Dying

99% perspiration 1% inspiration

DZD

Fitting in seeing exhibitions

Hairdressing

Being political

Life coming in to art

(intentionally and unintentionally)

Paving

Bonus of mobility scooters for undercover work

Undercover watering

Council weed killer

Asking permission

Not asking permission

(Don’t ask permission)