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Artist Interview: Shungu (Fred Katana)
1. How and why did you become an artist?
I was bored. I was sitting around my apartment with nothing to do and I had a random urge to go to an art gallery or fine art museum, but I had no whip. A week went by and I was still trying to go out to see some art then I was just like "Man why don't I just make my own?", as a kid I used to draw I was pretty good and I've always been a "let-me-do-it-myself" kinda dude. So I just went to the university store and bought a canvas and paint and got to work.
2. Describe the inspiration behind your last art show.
The last show I planned myself was my way of solidifying I'm real. Like I'm really out here. I do what I do for the glory of GOD, so I made sure everyone knew what I'm doing for the glory.
3. Describe your inspiration behind your upcoming art show.
Next show is gonna be big. Lots of resources and time going into it and collaborations as always to point to GOD. It's also my exit show. I am not planning another show in Maryland, I may participate in some shows but none that I plan. My targets are elsewhere like L.A., Philly, NY GOD willing.
4. How do you overcome creative blocks?
I don't. I ride the storm. I use that time to just chill and do other things I love.
5. Who are your favorite artists and why?
Daniel Arsham, Butler Archive and King Spiff. They have crazy talent. They're work is often times simple, but meaningful and very satisfying to me.
6. Describe your experience as a self taught artist (pros, cons. positives, and negatives)
I don't think I'm self taught. I haven't had any formal education like art school or anything, but I only know how to do what I do from watching others. I scrutinize art I like, I watch process videos from artists I like, I ask other artists around me how they do what they do etc. But that being said sometimes I'm jealous of people who have gotten that formal education, having personalized teaching is huge and most of the students seem to grow so quickly. To be honest, I think "self taught" artists and artists who receive a formal art education are no different. We both have teachers, we both have to go to our studios alone without our teachers and tackle our art alone, we both have the moments of frustration or triumph when we figure out how to perform our skill to our liking.
7. What is your favorite piece and why? What is the overall theme or message?Favorite piece I've made?
That's hard, I only have like three pictures of art on my phone, so my favorite one on my phone is Juxta___. Its not a painting, even though I consider myself a painter. Juxta___ is meant to express connections between humans, we're social beings. I believe that human's connections also resembles GOD's triune nature. The picture of it here is the unfinished version.
8. How much drawing do you have to go through to prepare a painting?
None really. I don't have to draw anything to paint. I painted before I drew, but drawing does help me paint. Drawing helps me practice how to paint certain things like ears or eyes. I draw whenever I don't feel like painting or can't paint, but to answer your question I paint 60% of the time and draw 40% of the time. And for preparing a painting I draw 20% and paint 80%.
9. How do you communicate through art?
I'd like to think I create questions or give people the "ah ha!" type moment like they finally understood. My motto is "If you know, you know." so those who understand the meaning behind the piece they "know", and those who don't understand they don't. Hopefully if they don't they ask questions that's what I would like.
10.What are any tips that you have for other artists?
Someone told me: "It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be."Do art everyday even if its just drawing a ball everyday and find other artists or people who like art and talk abou
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Printfest (Towson)
I went to the Printfest gallery at Towson which a mix of student work and famous artist's work. Can I just say that I was completely captivated? Most of the work not opened my eyes to uniqueness of printmaking, but also inspired me. Many of the pieces pulled me into deep thought, and I stared at them for sometime as I visited the art show 3 times. And each time I got a new favorite.
The first time I fell in love with student or faculty work. Not sure which one it was. It was 3 mono prints by Jack Livingston. The work seemed to have so much movement as the lines of color went in different directs. I am not much of an abstract artist, but this work made me want to experiment with it and get out of my comfort zone. The abstract piece seemed to come alive to me. Though it had color, there was a slightly dark feeling to it. As if the color was tainted. And that reminded of some of my own feelings this semester. So this inspired me to do a mood piece. And the explanation of the technique was amazing. I can see myself being over ambitious and trying to test it out.
The second time, I fell in love with American domestic by Willie Cole. It is a digital pigment and serigraph. I love this work because of the style of it. The work is very neat and intentional. The forms of the people are irregular, and the seemingly symbols pictures speak volumes. The irons are a very strong symbol to me. They could be a representation of working class, male and female family roles, and the pressure of society. There were so many themes that I could relate to just by seeing these irons. This has inspired me to find a symbolic object that is easily recognizable and could personally relate to viewers of any age or race.
My third time, I fell in love with Upper Room by John Biggers. It is a color lithograph on cream arches. Biggers is known for making artwork that centers around African and American Life. In this particular piece, there are black women who appear to be holding up a house. This alone is significant. For a long time, black women have been the strength and backbone of their communities. Black women have been known to have the super woman complex, and have to hold things together. I love that there so many messages and themes behind this print. This has inspired me to do work that has more cultural awareness, and even religious awareness. These pieces could invoke an emotional feeling that reaches different people and stands up for a cause.
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Mid Semester
1. What have I accomplished so far semester?
So far I have started on three projects. They are still works in progress as I figure out printmaking. But I have accomplished the basics. I am very proud and elated about this.
2.How have my goals/plan changed?
I would like to make more collagraph. and I am excited about etching. Colligraph take less time and I love the fact hat I can add different textures to the carving. I am shaky on the printing process, but I will figure this out. Lithography took entirely too much time, and at certain points effects my creativity because I have to be aware of the time commitment because it may not always be where I want or need it to be. And reduction is a beautiful process, but very lengthy and time consuming. Excited to see where my reduction print ends. I would not mind doing another if I was not in such a high stress semester.
3.Where do I see my work going in next half of the semester?
I see myself being more efficient with time. Now that I know a general estimate of how long certain things take, I can plan my art accordingly. And now I now how to work things on my own I can work smarter and not harder. I have spent hours printing before and it ended up as a waste of time, which of ourse is completely heartbreaking.
I am not sure if I will have a theme or such, I will just continue with my flow of ideas and see where it takes me. I try to be inspired by life events or other projects.
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Goals for the semester
My goals for the semester are to get a strong footing in printmaking. I desire to make prints that are intimate, interesting, and lively. I would like to better my technique in carving, from jagged lines to clean up. I also want to find a way to bring photo to printmaking. Photography is something that I have taken an interest in, in front of the camera and behind it. With this new focus, I am hoping to be able to push myself outside of my comfort zone and make real life things out of print or make exaggerated illustrations with print. Printmaking is very foreign to me and I hope I can use familiar things to aid me in where I may lack. I hope that it will also help me in drawing and creativity in general, just because it is a different art form that seems to be very intimate and hands on. The time commitment seems to ground me in a sense.
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