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‘THANKCHRONIC’
by: Suzy Jones @ Centro Cafe Bar
74 Tib Street, Manchester, M4
25.04.02 - 09.07.02
Sponsor: Budweiser
Suzy Jones has always enjoyed entertaining value and the endless
humour of comic books and this has had a massive influence
on her present creative practice. During 2000 - 2001, Suzy
worked on a year long project which involved taking five photographs
three times a day over a period of about six months. The collection
of images were then turned into an animated film. The images
were rearranged to produce a sense of a new history for Suzy
and in turn recreated a narrative for that six months of her
life.
The present series of paintings on display at Centro stem
from similar ideas to that of the animated film with a new
fictional narrative represented in the style of comic books.
The series is titled ‘THANKCHRONIC’, representing
the relationship between art and entertainment and the place
of each of these mediums in today’s society. The painted
series plays on the idea of fine art and its collectible and
commercial status, where as comic books are the embodiment
of industry and multiples within the issues sold, etc. Suzy
sees her work as pure entertainment, without the viewer having
to understand the personal level of its narrative context
and the real life relationships Suzy has with the paintings
characters. She prefers the viewer to associate the character
with their own associates, friends and family and in doing
so her work is not only personal but also accessible.
‘My present body of work comments on commercialism and
material products. It looks at the way in which merchandising
and marketing influence the selling potential of a single
idea. It’s about the place of fine art within society
and my place within the same society as a fine artist."
Suzy Jones
Suzy is currently working towards her forthcoming exhibition
at Fresh Art in the summer of 2003.
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