http://www.naivejohn.com en-gb naivejohn.com 2013-1-24T00:00:00Z naivejohn.com http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#130723 I have been unable to produce new work over the last 12 months due to family illness. My younger sister was diagnosed with bowel cancer and on the evening she started chemotherapy my father suffered a stroke. As a result of this I have been living as my fathers carer in his home. Painting has been out of the question as I simply do not have the physical space nor the concentration needed to produce an image to the standard I desire. Using my Cintiq and a stylus I have spent the last months digitally painting a study for an oil which I hope to start work on once my father has gained some independence.This painting is called Every Dream Home a Heartache the title taken from an early Roxy Music song. I wanted to produce a work which explores beauty possibly the last taboo in contemporary art. In its finished form it will contain self referential elements a development of one aspect of Baudrillards Hyperreal theory that I last explored in my Unauthorised Realities show. Art historical ref... 2013-1-22 19:05:03 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#109324 httpwww.sevenstreets.comartandcreativityreviewartandcreativityreviewunauthorisedrealitiesbynaivejohnthegalleryliverpool 2011-12-29 15:20:26 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#105269 Art Feast Interviews Naive John Art Feasthttpwww.artfeast.co.uk201110artfeastinterviewsnaivejohnLiverpool has arguably the best quality and range of visual art venues of any English regional city. This site brings you the inside track on Liverpools vibrant arts scene including the essential must sees news and reviews. 2011-10-24 11:40:58 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#102312 Alarm Call number 1 will be on show at Bankley Studio amp Gallery in Manchester httpwww.bankley.org.ukon the following weekend dates 1718th 2425th September and 12nd October 115pm.There is a preview on Friday 16th September 69pm. 2011-9-11 17:25:13 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#96832 Here is a link to the short talk I recently gave at the University of London.httpwww.bbk.ac.ukbusinessaboutusbullyingserieslaunchjohn 2011-6-22 14:17:21 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#93035 On May 18th I will be giving a short talk at the University of London about my work The Other. This will be the opening event of a larger programme of symposia whose theme is bullying in the workplace. My painting will on display in the University for the opening seminar.Click on the link below to book a place. 2011-5-3 15:26:26 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#88754 New Work.The first in a series of three and measuring 32 x 40 inches. This image references highlow culture advertising Damien Hirst Takashi Murakami Ub Iwerks portraiture and Dutch vanitas still lives. The whole thing is skewed through an absurdity filter and whilst the new palette is technicolour the humour is still black 2011-3-8 18:05:44 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#75096 The id.I want the elements in this painting to refer to the kind of cartoon imagery that was produced in the studios of animation pioneers like Max Fleischer and Tex Avery. However my monster from the id has been endowed with very adult penile horns attributes perhaps more in keeping with a work by the Chapman Brothers than Walt Disney. 2010-9-9 15:48:45 http://www.naivejohn.com/page7.htm#74320 Ive been working on some drawings for a new painting My Dada is Bigger than your Dada. Everything is at the early stage and may yet end up in the virtual trash can.The basic concept is this our hero the brilliant fool is undergoing a near death experience somewhere in a back yard near you. Suffering from hypoxia he is transported or not to the heavens where he is given a birds eye view from which to search for God and meaning in the Universe. On his left and right side reside his id and superego respectively.The colour study below gives some indication as to the outcome of his search. 2010-9-1 02:32:03