Real Art News: July 2016

Saturday 2 July 2016

Just who the f#*k is this other Valerio ??

so right ...

I know some of you read these little public digital diary entries I make from time to time ...

so you might have a rough idea of some of my background

you maybe sussed that I developed and perfected a progressive yet identifiable style of work by the age of 14

you might be aware that I started designing theme parks before I sat my exams at 16

I am sure you might have loosly heard that I was acredited with architectural design awards for public spaces before I was 25

I stayed for a couple of weeks at Hunter S Thompsons Woody Creek Ranch In Colorado ... which was ...interesting

I stayed for some weeks at the Lenkiewicz Studio in Plymouth while I was a transient Art Student ... I called him a tramp and he referred to me a s a tramp in training ... and we were friends until he died

I think that mobile phones are bad luck ...

I once lived in London ...Never Again !

I still enjoy climbing trees , cliffs and mountains

I Fought and won a landrace against a corporate developer in order to preserve architectural, historical and cultural heritage sites

I think that walking is one of the noblist and humblist things a person can do ... to traverse the world by only your own means of propulsion .... as well as itt improving your health and being rather medatative

I am certain you know that after working a little bit of corporate .... a litle bit of government I decided it was all a bloody farce

that I would openly endorse the outside ... and 3 dimensional experiences over movies and virtual gaming any day

I dont ever go to the gym ... but have been told I still look pretty good naked ... but its mostly from having to traverse great distances on foot ... under a heav burden of stock

I could 3 d print shit ... but somehow it just isnt the same as sustaining an injury through cleaving at a chunk of wood with a big bowie knife

I worked extensively on eco urban schemes of various scales in varios countries ... again only to be disheartened when some corporate ass decimates the design with some new economically improved spec that should be re worked into and effectively ruining the design

whilst running Galleries I have refused to sell work to individuals based on a series of reasons ... none of them I have ever regreted ....and indeed even been arested for having a fist fight with a police officer

in the idea of siezing the means of production ... I have always been fiercley independent whilst simultaneosly being open to diverse collaborations ..
but ... I always hand produce all of my own products, signages ... write my own material ... and refuse to pay what I consider to be the percentage people .... the non producers ... so I never pay for advertising likes or followers ... so art and design by Valerio ... is just that ... a rare thing these days that will always insist on maintaining !

my workshops in Plymouth became one of the very last opperating occupy camps after a dispute with the local authority forced me to place an embargo on all transactions until the matter was eventally resolved in my favor ..... all the while remaining entirely self representing ... a harrowing experience and a hell of a learning curve

I designed and built many anatomical palaeontological representations in circulation for educational purposes ... and when I have the time I do still enjoy producing replicas ... and even engageing in scientific excavations and retreivals for genuine specimens from the field

I lived on a sail boat for a year and sailed around the south west coast of England ... painting and distributing works to galleries ... while I was saving the money to move to the Netherlands

so when I google the name Artby Valerio .... or Valerio ... there is ... well actually, there is one guy that does stained glass ... which fair ... at least he is an artist ... with a body of work ... I dont mind sharing google resluts with this guy

but there is another one ... I dont know who he is ... or where he came from ... seeing as I dont engage at all in the celebrity sensationalism that this guy seems to buzz arond and exist in .... you know I have not seen an aired television programme in ... I think 7 years .... .... he actuually even looks a little bit like me ... well ... in a sort of mildly dilluted way ..... but this guy is everywhere ... and he seems to be copying me to maybe an embarrassing level ... I dont mind the flattery .... but this is a littlle bit wierd .... someone has taken ... who I am ... and what I do ... and they seem to be branding it better than me ... and certainly marketing it with more success .... I think this is just a sign of the times ... artist equivalent of Tesla for hire anyone x

slightly more detailed version of the story so far x http://plymouthcityofculture.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/artby-valerio-new-years-benefit-auction.html

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The Signature Style

Part of the ongoing body of works that have been come to be known as ' the Valerio Signature Style ' that has now come to encompass independent sub headings within the genre, including , ' The mandalas ' , ' The Orgy Balls ' , ' Studies of the Female Form ' , ' Cerebral ' and ' Unorthodox'

A manner of works I began working on as a child , to attempt to keep away from over embellishing them or over anthropomorphising or patterning , just to stay in the most grounding earthy tones and let the mind wander through the undulations to assist in the firing of the imagination

'The Under-exaggerated Origins of V'

After studying at Plymouth College of Art and Design, Valerio continued his studies at Sheffield Hallam University and Greenwich University and West Kent College.

Now based between his studio in Cornwall and Amsterdam, he is able to collaborate with some of the best known names in Art and Architecture on an international scale as well as here at home in the south west.

Valerio Describes his own work as ' dreamlike manifestations, evoking less than circumstantial references to archetypal memories of landscapes, and local geographies, figurative studies and all in between that which is captured in the veld of the diverse experiences that make up a lifetime.'

Chris Burchell, Art Critic and Curator of the Wharf Gallery , Tavistock 2010

written a few years ago now.

Valerio has been a keen art student. he has made excellent progress, demonstrating an imaginative and innovative response to a variety of stimuli, and has produced some outstanding units of course work.

Valerio has improved his ability to draw from observation with increasing skill and enjoys working in a variety of media, he has shown ability to draw from experience and imagination. Valerio has produced paintings of unusual quality, and shows a real awareness of the use of colour. His heightened critical awareness of other artists and cultures is an integral and successful aspect of his own work and he works well independently. Valerio's talent recommends him without question.

1998 Sue Lord artist and teacher

What do you make of the artist as a person?

Valerio , the man is a Raving Maniac, A genuine charicature of what an artist should be, hes eloquent and polite soft spoken and gentile , unless he is working on something of particular focus then he can be irritable , and unreasonable , never knowing if he is about to burst into song , or scream and shout a series of profanities against whatever is vexing him most at the time, even visitors to the gallery , ever outspoken and provocative toward debate, the constant array of models and well wishers that tend to come with the Artists Gallery appearances , can make even a quiet day seem lively!

Elusive is something of an understatement with this Artist and appearances are Rare as are his lectures and public exposures but a keen collaborator you will find the signature Valerio influence in many places you really wouldnt be expecting to find it, A very strong talent for such a young Artist already exhibiting his well developed style so that it is instantly recognizable, a Talent and a Character rapidly gaining in influence and popularity, and deservedly so!

T. McCracken Owner of The Tiffany Gallery East Looe

101 Reasons....

From the series of sketchbook illustrations that eventually became the published book of illustrations ' 101 Reasons to choose a vocation in the creative industries ' the original series started out as a series of autobiographical sidenotes in my working sketchbooks, a clear homage to the work of Ralph Steadman and Hunter Thompson, are little cartoons I have been doing during those moments when you say to yourself ' what the actual F**k ??!!' which can happen a lot in this job !! the original set of sketchbook thumbnails were each revised for the publication and have always proved a great hit in their own right whenever they have gone on display at exhibition . Now in the 11th year of ongoing production, the series now consists of over 200 hundred images depicting recollections or reflections from Working Corporate positions in 2000 -my first pop up gallery ' The Arts Hole in Cornwall '2006- 'The Green Star House ' Design and build Project 2009- through the political and legal battles of the 'Valerio Institute'2013- to our most recent projects of ' Why Not ' in Amsterdam and the latest ART B&B and education projects running in parallel in Cornwall u.k and Amsterdam N.L 2016/2017 It Really has been quite a ride