John Rowley
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Biography
Boduan 2023
Gold Medal for Fine Art
I am an interdisciplinary artist, primarily working with photography, film, performance and theatre based in Cardiff. In the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s I was a core performer with Brith Gof, the legendary Welsh experimental theatre company. Since then I have worked and toured extensively as a an actor/performer with National Theatre Wales, Forced Entertainment and German composer/director Heiner Goebbels. My art work is often informed by my stints as an actor and is inspired by the artifice and construction techniques employed in the production of film and theatre, especially that of the SFX (special effects) department. The work plays with humour as much as it does with horror.
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Boduan 2023
The mask series of photos was initially made for Instagram. It started out in a period when I was trying to think of ways of making ad-hoc costumes for a yet to be made theatre show inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights and rave culture! I decided to use any objects or materials that I could find in my house or garden. Nothing bought or brought in from the outside. And, as an artist, I like rules and restrictions so I decided that the ‘masks’ would have to be constructed, photographed and uploaded to Instagram within 15 minutes. As soon as the photo is taken most masks fall apart and are recycled, thrown in the bin or left in the garden to disintegrate. It wasn’t intended to be a long durational project but there are currently over 500 of these creations on Instagram.( john.rowley.17 @instagram). These prints come as a result of a collaboration with the North Wales based photographic Colab, Terraffoto who recently produced the book LUDIC, a collection of images from the ‘mask’ series.
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Works
John Rowley
mask #483 (slashed politician)Digital Prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper30 x 43 cm framed
29.5 x 41.5 cm unframedOwn Art
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