So here is where I begin to analyse my paintings in terms of their place within the context of their genesis and classification. This is an interesting and useful task in that one needs to find a home within the hurly burly of 'art life' one needs as it were, a tribe to belong to particularly since we gorilla's are tribal by genetics and by inclination.
My tribe is the Expressionist troupe, we perform miracles and high wire stunts of the imagination and we revel in myth and symbolism-we are no ordinary gorilla gang in fact we used to have a house in New York where we were once famous...this was said about us:
Expressionism does not lend itself to tidiness or detachment. Its tendency is to be 'hot' rather than 'cool' It abounds in reference to the visionary and the irrational, and the very marks it makes on canvas or paper are unabashed avowals of feeling. Expressionism,indeed,looks upon painting as a medium of discovery and exploration. It exults in painting's physical properties,which it looks to as a means of generating images and stirring the emotions. Above all it has a hearty appetite for the metaphysical and the mysterious..Art&Culture 1972-1984 Martin Kramer Secker&Warburg 1986
We Gorilla Expressionists are quite a famous bunch overall. We include: Henri matisse Gorilla, Adloph Gottlieb Gorilla, Richard Pousette Dart Gorilla, Mark Rothko Gorilla, Patrick Heron Gorilla. ...Then after a short break in the history of expressionist Gorilla tribe came: Juian Schnaebel Gorilla, Malcolm Morley Gorilla, Anselm Kiefer Gorilla and Mr Pencke Gorilla to name but a few...then there was always Great uncle Paul Klee Gorilla and Great great uncle Max Ernst Gorilla.....I will tell you all about them.
ps..I know this might sound a bit strange but I'm not really a gorilla.
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