Real Art News: March 2020

Sunday, 29 March 2020

You People Make me Sick !!!

Can Any One …. any one at all ??

envisage a scenario , prior to this one ….. when a decree from The Helmsman of Brexit Britain - Boris Johnson - The biggest Cheese I ever did see , would actually be taken seriously by a calm and collected … and reasonable public ?

No …. Of Course Not !!

I will admit to being one of the people that initially looked at this whole pandemic with an air of scepticism …

' lets see how many billionaires get it '

' its the Russians - leading a load of incompetents into positions of authority through a bunch of mickey mouse elections - so that in the event of a pandemic - the west will at last be brought to ts knees ' ( although the west's natural position seems to be on its knees … either sucking cock or taking it in the ass for a percentage )

' there is no pandemic - this is just an international crowd control technique '

' the worlds economies were all simultaneously ' adopted ' by some genuinely questionable individuals - in order to dilute the heinous impact this kind of interned skulduggery has wrought of the peoples of the world - even in this ' advanced age ' of ours - why not invent a crisis '

'perfect means for boris and trump to stamp out the last national elements of health service before outsourcing the lot to huwuawei or what ever the hell they are called '

' they made a killing on the ' flu vaccine ' - now some crazy money men have figured out a way to unleash ' FLU - II ' for an instant billion …… ?? '

I Found myself to be getting quite irate just the other day - when via social media a load of would be do gooders - thought that a great way to encourage our poor strung out health care workers in this trying time would be to stand out in the garden and clap their hands ?? shouting and applauding an audience of people that cant hear you … they are already flat out at work !!!

you know why ?? because when Tony Blair and David Cameron , when that evil with Tereasa may and now fucking boris johson were basically overpricing these peoples basic accommodation - when they were attacking union rights - sick pay and maternity cover - when the front line services of this once national health service were crying out that they needed more front line staff on a decent living wage - and not a load of extra golf playing administrators on exorbitant salaries - consulting all over the place

they needed personal , equipment , traing and funding for all of the above - a viable and invented in infrastructure - and as I keep mentioning - a reasonable fucking rent in something other than one of this countries dreary fucking slums !!!

just a little food for thought …….

and Now the big cheese and his health minister have both managed to display ' symptoms ' of the dreaded Covid 19 virus ………. ?

are we sure he hasn't just triggered his overindulgent generated gout … and gone of to hide in some fridge , while his pregnant girlfriend rides out the first waves of pregnancy hormones ?

I guess only time will tell

Sunday, 15 March 2020

Amsterdam Land 2020 !

first trip back home this year …. and it looks like it is going to be another crazy ass year x

One more cup of coffee before I go ... one more cup of coffee before I hit the road ....

...one more cup of coffee before I go ..... to the valley below !!!

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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