Real Art News: The Arts Hole - The Fuck Off Manifesto 2019 #ABV101%

Sunday, 19 May 2019

The Arts Hole - The Fuck Off Manifesto 2019 #ABV101%

full outline coming soon x

A Union for the Otherwise Un - unionized ?

around 2005/2006 it just seemed to me that every one was going nuts !! George bush and tony blair had just invaded the middle east …. it seems to ensure that everuone had the means to ' keep calm and carry on ' as was the mantra for the day …..

and keeping calm and carrying on basically entailed ensuring that an already bloated civil service could all carry on taking the couple of holidays per year they become accustomed too ….. for me it was quite enough … and the birth of ' The Arts Hole - international POP UP initiative '

you cant paint that here !

you cant sell those here !

you need a liscence !

you need to declare !

you need to abide … you need to adhere … you need to comply … you need permission ...

you need to
you need to

you need

you need

turns out after vigerous field testing … most of these busy body ,would be do gooders are totally misinformed !!…they are the Nazi's of their own little prison states … they all need to live in the ordered notion that they need to comply … to adhere … to abide ….

but it turns out that ,.... this is the age of the charlatan , the age of ( then Tony Blair ) Donald Trump and Tereasa may's Brexit - of David Cameron's big society ….

it turns out it does not mean shit !!

not one single shit ladies and gentlemen … its the age of the charlatan and it seems you can pretty much argue the point of validity against these so called authorities in charge on every point !! and we should - and have been able to ever since they started electing themselves into positions of influence - and started trying to ' administer ' you and me … for the sake of some greater good ideology bullshit !!

a greater good that usually see's them getting the better share of wine and the comfier bed

the church have done it

the corporations have done it

the militaries have done it

the governments have done it

the royals have done it

… as previously mentioned … jeezus hell wept … Donald Fucking Trump has done it

just convinced a lot of people that in the same Brexit ideology … if you keep sending the cheques … eventually your mail order unicorn will arrive !! you will win the lottery and be welcomed to Valhalla with an assortment of brand name prizes ….. if you just keep calm and carry on … keep playing the game !!

well, no, sorry luv.... ( not meaning to be sexist there at all as actually in certain districts in the u.k it would be a common , generic term for current company - regardless of sex )

not happening

here I happen to sit ! completely by chance ….

I am happy enough to get on with and engage in a valid means of passing the day … but do not go so far as to concede that to include selling insurance, snake oil or working for government !

the validity I seek is through the act of rendering and the pursuance of proficiency within that task at hand so that the culminative result of both practice and theory might merit such a state of adulteration as to be ' artistic '

the validity I seek can not be imposed , bestowed , merited , declared upon or impeded by any other man , committee , government or king … without prior consent and accord

I aim to move humbly and without violence against persons , creatures or environment in my aims and activities to better understand myself and my contemporaries … and our places in this tapestry of mystery , but will aim to maintain integral defence for that which I hold dear, so long as that which I hold dear does not impose loss on another

beyond all of that you can pretty much … Fuck Off !!

take your weird insistences for conformity …. and jog on pal

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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

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