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‘A Study of Hair’ – Dave Kinsey

In the ongoing series interviewing contributors to ‘A Study of Hair’ opening at Backwoods Gallery on Friday, we speak today with Dave Kinsey….

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‘Michelle, Ma Belle’ – detail – Dave Kinsey

Damo:  for the uninitiated, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

DK:  Dave Kinsey, full time painter, part time designer, living la vida loca in the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Los Angeles.

Damo:  Can you tell us about your piece, and how you have responded to the artistic brief?

DK:  “Michelle” by The Beatles was playing while I was sketching the piece. I’ve always loved that song, and since my wife’s middle name is Michelle too, I had that all in mind. Such a calming sound to it.

Damo:  What medium have you used?  Why did you choose this medium?

DK:  I really enjoy working with acrylic and collage utilizing old books, discarded postal envelops. etc., which I feel melds nicely together on the canvas. I especially love working with vintage book pages because of their interesting visual tonality, fragility, and personal histories.

Damo:  Why did you agree to be part of the ‘Study Of’ project?  It is a very ambitious task – how do you think it will be viewed on completion?

DK:  I really liked the concept—it’s one of the few thematic group showings that really makes sense to me. It’d love to see a book produced after 10 years or so of this continued series.

Damo:  On a more personal note, what can we expect to see from you in the next 18 months?

DK:  I just finished a huge show that opened at Library Street Collective in Detroit and now I’m back in the studio working on new pieces for Miami in December and Cologne, Germany in 2015.

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‘A Study of Hair’ – Miso

In the lead up to Backwoods Gallery ‘A Study of Hair’ Exhibition this Friday, 26 September we have been lucky enough to talk to some of the contributing artists.  Keep checking back as there will be drops for the next few days, and don’t forget if you want to see all of the work to contact sales@backwoodsgallery.com.  Today, we speak with Miso…

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‘Tangled 2’ – detail – Miso

Damo:  For the uninitiated, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Miso:  I’m so, so bad at answering this question!

Damo:  Can you tell us about your piece, and how you have responded to the artistic brief?

Miso:  Well, errr… I actually suggested the ‘hair’ idea to Alex, the curator, a while ago… and I think I found making the work actually a lot harder than any of the other artists, funny enough!  My hair is a bit of a bird’s nest, so I liked the idea of making a paper fold map of tangled hair, seeing how it got to that stage. A very clean map of something very messy.

Damo:  What medium have you used?  Why did you choose this medium?

Miso:  The work is a new experiment for me, making folded paper works – that are a little bit more sculptural.  The details are pin-pricks hammered into the paper, one by one, between the folds. It’s a medium I’ve been working with for a while now, and I really love the idea of drawing with nothingness – taking back from a blank sheet of paper, sculpting back – rather than adding on.

Damo:  Why did you agree to be part of the ‘Study Of’ project?  It is a very ambitious task – how do you think it will be viewed on completion?

Miso:  I suppose it’s really nice to be asked! It’s a very cool line-up to be a part of.  And it’s been a really, really great challenge – I think it’s a curatorial brief that made me make very different things, but work that I’m incredibly proud of – it’s not every day that a curator pushes you do that.

Damo:  On a more personal note, what can we expect to see from you in the next 18 months?

Miso:  Lots of publishing! More solo shows, and hopefully some architectural projects too.

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‘A Study of Hair’ – Alexander Mitchell

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‘Oh Bondage’ – detail – Alexander Mitchell

This September, Backwoods Gallery is proud to present ‘A Study of Hair’, the third installment in what is to be a decade-long project.

The 2012 and 2013 exhibitions focused on two of the most important vectors of emotional communication: hands and eyes. This year’s theme, hair, is the most challenging of the series so far, and promises to generate an even more diverse range of interpretations.

This year’s artists will include C215, Dave Kinsey, Faith47, Inkie, Jonathan Guthmann, Mark Bode, Merda, Miso, ROA, Stephen Ives, Shohei Otomo, TwoOne, Usugrow, Yusk Imai and Alexander Mitchell.

In its completed form, the ‘A Study Of…’ project will document over 350 artworks from all corners of the globe. The curator’s (Alexander Mitchell) intent is to create an historical source with enough breadth to contextualize a generation of artists, many of whom work primarily outside the framework of established institutions.

Damo managed to catch curator and contributor Alexander Mitchell for the down low…

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‘A Study of Hair’ – Backwoods Gallery, September 26th 2014

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Backwoods Gallery is proud to present A Study of Hair, the third installment in what is to be a decade-long project. A Study of… is a series of group exhibitions in which local and international artists are invited to present a contemporary interpretation of a motif drawn from art history.

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Backwoods Interview – Alexander Mitchell

Backwoods Gallery, often referred to Australia’s best ‘street art’ gallery, sits in a quiet industrial back street of Collingwood (Victoria, Australia) at the end of a passageway just wide enough to fit a car. It is the stuff of art collectors’ dreams – regularly holding shows with artists from all over the globe.

Our man in Canberra, Damian Wardle, recently caught up with Backwoods Gallery driving force, Alexander Mitchell for an interview, here’s the latest word from the Melbourne studio.

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