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Clive O'Sullivan
(52 years old. Born in United Kingdom. Lives in: High Wycombe)
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In my art I embarked on using myself ‘the artist’ as the art. The ‘captive’ developed by dressing up to blur the gender of the artist but also to develop the captive as a curiousity to a spectator culture. The two pieces worked as projections on to the floor and gave the illusion of a female in lingerie digging a pit.(Ritual)and confronting the viewer.(zoo) The third piece(Absent) was a performance when I dressed up and marked the wall with a piece of chalk and this was to be remembered by all who viewed it.
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Work of art I would like to make

I have several pieces that I will make anyway subject to having money which are the extention of my previous work on the oubliette. I however wish to explore ‘confined’ spaces with myself the artist as the art. The next step is a cage where upon I will film myself pleading to my audience to release me but like a zoo animal I will give the impression that I am dangerous to be let out. This draws upon the spectator culture of our society. As society is fasinated by programmes such as Big Brother. I have this idea that art should not be static and maybe even threaten the viewer and draw upon taboos such as gender blurring and even sado-masochism to ones self.
The piece would be shown as a video or a projection and ideally if circunstances allow a performance would be 'performed' to bring the artwork into reality.
My Artworks (6)
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