What is art?

I’ve written a lot about art and what it is on my blog over the years and I thought it was about time I joined it all together and put it out as a stand alone publication. Hence I’ve produced a pamphlet entitled, What is art? 

It sets out what I think art is and will hopefully inspire others and perhaps some debate.

It is free to download. You can even print it out and distribute it. And, even better if you want you can charge for printed copies. What are you waiting for?

DOWNLOAD HERE

What is art?

Smile I’m on TV

New video channel

Well I’m on SVOX.TV to be precise. “SVOX.TV is a new channel for film and video arts showcasing an array of extraordinary work produced as part of the output from artists, artist collectives, creative studios and broader practices. It is a celebration of the diversity of content, genre, subject matter, method, narrative, and storytelling.”

My video that I made to accompany my musical track Ritual Mind Control is currently being shown on SVOX.TV

CORONAPOCALYPSE – the 3D Exhibition
Also recently one of my pictures was included in an exhibition called “CORONAPOCALYPSE”, which is an exhibition that deals with peoples reaction to the Covid pandemic. Take a look. It’s an ineresting exhibition.

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Smile I’m on TV

Free art

Well nothing is ever truly free.

I’ve decided to try and breathe new life into my mailing list by using it as a vehicle to give away some of my art.

At regular intervals I will be making available print quality PDFs of some of my pictures to download free of charge. These will only be available to people on my mailing list.

Have no fear if you join my mailing list I won’t bombard you with emails because that’s not my style. So sign up today and get your mitts on some free art.

 

Free art

Materiality – a new exhibition

Just to let you know that a piece of my work has been included in an online exhibition that was launched tonight. The exhibition is called Materiality and my piece is in Room 2.

In this show, materiality is investigated through multiple mediums including video art, sculpture, ceramics, digital collage, painting, and jewellery. This broad approach to materiality allows the audience to reflect upon the range of avenues that artists pursue in order to decipher our material world. All works on show have been created with sensitive and intelligent consideration of material qualities and interactions. The artists shown in this exhibition live and work all around the world, their works have been brought together in order to show an international survey of the investigation of materiality within contemporary art.

Click here.

Materiality – a new exhibition

L7 – the e-book

L7 was an exhibition that ran from 25th May 2020 to 31st May 2020 – one uplifting image appearing every day for seven days on my Instagram account @paulgarrardartist. As promised a free e-book is now available for anyone who wishes to download, print, covet it and enjoy.

The pieces from the exhibition can now all be seen on my website and a link to the e-book is at the bottom of that page. To visit the page on my website click here.

 

The art of being Paul Garrard

L7 – the e-book

More Love Required

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, today I have released the track More Love Required. It was originally recorded quite a while before I conceived the idea of the L7 exhibition but when it came to planning the exhibition it seemed appropriate to release it to coincide with L7.

Paul Garrard – Artist · More Love Required

 

More Love Required

L7 – the announcement

NEW EXHIBITION – STARTS TOMORROW

In a bid to help lift people’s spirits I’ve produced an exhibition of seven all new and uplifting images. L7 is a series of seven bright and positive pictures created in a mood of optimism as an antidote to some of the anxiety that currently haunts us.

L7 will run from 25th May 2020 to 31st May 2020 – one uplifting image appearing every day for seven days on my Instagram account @paulgarrardartist. At the end of the exhibition a free e-book will be made available for anyone who wishes to download, print and covet it. Watch this space.

I wanted to offer people something upbeat in these dark times; images of vibrant shapes and jolly colours. In this series I’ve tried to channel positive vibes of calmness, love, hope and mindfulness. We must never lose sight of the fact that life can be good. We need to remember and cherish that. I hope my pictures convey that. The world needs more love!

To coincide with the exhibition I am is also releasing a musical track entitled More Love Required. This will drop on Monday 25th May 2020 viaSoundCloud.

 

The art of being Paul Garrard

L7 – the announcement