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There is something comforting about making marks on paper. The mark of the pencil, the field of white space, these quality's have interesed us all the way back to when charcoal and parchment were discovered. It is elemental, familiar and it bridges prehistory to the immediate moment in which we exist now. The humble graphic line, the simplest way of mark making, which allows it so easily to flirt with the macabre. From Hieronymus Bosch to Marcel Dzama the pencil has long been the mistress of the gruesome. It is not surprising that one of the earliest and most direct forms of communication, is closely allied with the subconscious, and has continualy showcased some of the most gory and morbid fantasies of artists work through the ages. The immediacy and simplicity of the line predisposes the pencil towards narrative. Just consider the tradition of fairy tale illustration, which I am also very intrested in, just as much as the textual content of the fairy tale. The fairy tale illustration treds so tentatively near to the sinister, the pencil indoctrinating us with its grizzly agenda from a young age. In my illustration's it is impossible to recognize or decipher any one story or fable. They are in keeping with and even an extention of my sculptural models used in my film work. Concerning them selves with the aura or spirit of the location rather than any linear, character based narrative. An experience, a film like a piece of music, no plot as such you have to watch like you would listen to a piece of music (2001 or Koyannisqatssi). Camera defining urban buildings where no one is meant to live or linger. Provocative spaces. Demoralization of the entire cultural and civic infrastrucure. The function of the site suspended suggesting abstract mindscapes. (share with sculpture) The boiler room in Nightmare on Elm Street is a powerful example of sinister loci, the buildings unkept innards, visible wiring and pipes: valves are undisguised being no aesthetic imperative underground. Pressurized steam like madness seeking to vent. Has a defined function but is not a common place for people, behind the scenes of every day, hidden, secret, forgotten, overlooked. As in Dracula's castle or Dr Frankenstein's lab. properties are remote and private, an ideal gothic setting. Places where no one can indulge dark activities. Dark fairytale and historic reality meet here, becoming part of a classic horror mythology. More modest structures can also lend themselves in retaining the gothic remoteness to showcase grotesque occurrences. Such as the aforementioned Freddy's boiler room. A space that retains the personality of its former occupants remains in their spiritual possession (possessed). The spiritual aura, residue of people in a place, same principal to Walter Benjamin's aura of an art piece in his essay 'Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' where a reproduction in a book has lost the aura of the original , the feeling you get standing in front the actual piece, to see the brush strokes made by the hand of the artist, the scale of it and in the space it was intended for, that are all lost in a reproduction. We can feel the spirit of a place in the objects and the function they once performed in that space, they work in our imagination to form a picture of past occupants lives and activities. Freud's essay 'The Uncanny'. Heimlich - Belonging to the house/ Unheimlich - Unhomely, also translated as 'uncanny' that which is wrong, freakish and anomalous.

Jasna	Reply here Reply on Jasna's board Reply privately to Jasna Posted on: 10th Apr 2008 22:54 Like your 'Far Away Land'.Best wishes ,Jasna.
swirl	Reply here Reply on swirl's board Reply privately to swirl Posted on: 6th Jan 2008 17:53 hey cig1 cant retrieve your book illustrations.just lookn around thanks eh!SWIRL
mutazart	Reply here Reply on mutazart's board Reply privately to mutazart Posted on: 28th Aug 2007 14:09 very nice art work...mutaz
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christianhealingart	Reply here Reply on christianhealingart's board Reply privately to christianhealingart Posted on: 12th Aug 2007 0:32 Outside Moral Boundries is really cool!!
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cjg1	Reply here Reply on cjg1's board Reply privately to cjg1 Posted on: 5th Aug 2007 20:31 hi thanks to every body that has taken the time to send me a msg or look at my page I will have some of the art up very soon but for now you can take a look at www.freewebs.com/chrisgrubb
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christianhealingart	Reply here Reply on christianhealingart's board Reply privately to christianhealingart Posted on: 4th Aug 2007 2:50 Hi, welcome to this website. Everyone is helpful and friendly. Message me when you have some images uploaded. Visit my site when you get a chance.
jh	Reply here Reply on jh's board Reply privately to jh Posted on: 3rd Aug 2007 16:33 Hi cjg1, thanks for the add; look forward to your work.
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Juliano	Reply here Reply on Juliano's board Reply privately to Juliano Posted on: 1st Aug 2007 23:43 Hi Cjg1!! Welcome to the site! Best regards. Juliano
Robbie	Reply here Reply on Robbie's board Reply privately to Robbie Posted on: 1st Aug 2007 20:22 Hello and welcome. Please message me on my board when you have something up that I can view. I'm eager to meet you. Robbie.
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