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Artist Statement:
Working on Drawing a
Straight Line
Started creating abstract
images in 1960, then an
informal exhibition in 1971
centered on various portrayals
of electrical circuitry, A
first bubble chamber image was
produced in 1975. Exhibition
in 1983, in 1991 it was
photos, then in 2000 images
and words, website set...
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Artist Exhibitions:
at The Showroom, Bethnal
Green, London, September,
1983. "Zen in the Art of
Ultravision"
Exhibition held at Brighton
Media Centre, BN1 1AL. U.K.
19-31 Aug 2011.
www.mediacentre.org
Title: "IMAGES IN THE VOID"
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Keith Gray Biography:
Biographical information for Keith Gray can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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72
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
3
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
not provided |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
San Diego Chargers; coastal footpath walking; cycling; Campaign for Real Ale; driving across continents. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Robert Rauschenberg
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Shrike by Musashi
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Ryoan-ji gardens |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
It was perfectly natural to use images to express things I couldn't say in words. Maybe, just maybe, but only a maybe; I've got something to say. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Grew up in London, earliest memories are of the Blitz and Ration Books.
Left school at 17, was a Jazz fanatic, and read Steinbeck and Bertrand Russell.
From 1959-61 hitch-hiked 30,000 miles from London to Sydney and back.
Worked for a total of 48 years, of which 31 were for British Rail and Eurostar.
Married twice over a total period of 40 years.
Have visited about 50 countries all over the world; I am nomadic with people and places.
Have practised a form of zen meditation and hatha yoga for about the last 35 years.
A lactic vegetarian and I support the London Vegans with an annual subscription.
Have stood as a candidate for the Green Party in local elections in Brighton and Hove area.
A life of stunning ordinariness
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| Artist Statement |
Working on Drawing a Straight Line
Started creating abstract images in 1960, then an informal exhibition in 1971 centered on various portrayals of electrical circuitry, A first bubble chamber image was produced in 1975. Exhibition in 1983, in 1991 it was photos, then in 2000 images and words, website set-up in 2010. Still more ideas waiting to be put on website.
Exhibition at The Showroom in London in 83 explored the visual parallels between zen and taoist images and modern physics.
These images are not meant to be exact copies but changed in some way in transition.
Abstract is the only language I am fluent in other that English.
Interested in the co-existence between order and disorder, natural and man-made, systems and randomness. Balance through imbalance. Avoiding anything too computerised or New Age-ish.
Sometimes I am very specific with colours, connections, time frames; other times using the first colour to be there, very loose or fragile references. An image can take between 25 seconds and 60 hours.
If you are looking for anything special here - don't bother.
Any further explanation and I would have been a writer.
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