EAAF in lockdown
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed and EAAF events have been suspended as we follow the Government’s advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Our work continues as we stay in touch with our members by email, profile our artist members through EAAF Presents and provide scholarships at Norwich University of the Arts. We are very grateful for our members’ support and look forward to the time when we can visit exhibitions and gather together again. Amanda Geitner, Director
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed and EAAF events have been suspended as we follow the Government’s advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Our work continues as we stay in touch with our members by email, profile our artist members through EAAF Presents and provide scholarships at Norwich University of the Arts. We are very grateful for our members’ support and look forward to the time when we can visit exhibitions and gather together again. Amanda Geitner, Director
During lockdown, East Anglian Art Fund has been profiling artists from the region
Gus Farnes : Connection to One Another
Gus Farnes, Together 31 x 14 x 8cm unique bronze 2020
EAAF member Gus Farnes sculpts figures that explore the human condition, responding to geopolitics and the concerns of our times. He uses a wide range of materials, bound and fixed with wax and then cast directly to bronze, creating works on both an intimate and monumental scale. Farnes studied Fine Art Sculpture at Norwich University of the Arts (2004-2007), where he was mentored by Chris Summerfield (assistant to Henry Moore at the Royal College of Art). He went on to work in London as a graphic designer before moving to Suffolk in 2016, where he continues to live and work.
We asked Gus to describe his work -
My work is about people, our connection to one another and our relationship to the environments and landscapes we inhabit.
What keeps you up at night?
Nothing too heavy, details such as working out how to produce or fabricate a piece or how I might transport and install a big bronze in a public space or gallery.
What is your favourite part of your practice?
Sharing my work and engaging with people is the best part, for me, it is an experience that concludes the process and often I learn something that enhances my understanding of it.
Which artist has inspired you most?
I admire the work of so many artists, but it is mostly an artist's personality or circumstance that moves me such as learning about life choices they made or what drove them to create a particular work and for the past 18 months, that artist has hands-down been Lynn Chadwick.
If you could step inside an artwork for a day which would it be and why?
Right now, my noisy instinct shouts Tom Sachs Space Program, I would love to have participated in the mission, I am in love with Sach's studio and the work that comes from it. I found my way into his retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum the day before it opened, he was there checking out the install but I bottled out of introducing myself. So I would like to be part of the Space Program so I could interact with the artwork and meet Tom Sachs in a non-creepy way.
To find out more about Gus Farnes' work CLICK HERE
We asked Gus to describe his work -
My work is about people, our connection to one another and our relationship to the environments and landscapes we inhabit.
What keeps you up at night?
Nothing too heavy, details such as working out how to produce or fabricate a piece or how I might transport and install a big bronze in a public space or gallery.
What is your favourite part of your practice?
Sharing my work and engaging with people is the best part, for me, it is an experience that concludes the process and often I learn something that enhances my understanding of it.
Which artist has inspired you most?
I admire the work of so many artists, but it is mostly an artist's personality or circumstance that moves me such as learning about life choices they made or what drove them to create a particular work and for the past 18 months, that artist has hands-down been Lynn Chadwick.
If you could step inside an artwork for a day which would it be and why?
Right now, my noisy instinct shouts Tom Sachs Space Program, I would love to have participated in the mission, I am in love with Sach's studio and the work that comes from it. I found my way into his retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum the day before it opened, he was there checking out the install but I bottled out of introducing myself. So I would like to be part of the Space Program so I could interact with the artwork and meet Tom Sachs in a non-creepy way.
To find out more about Gus Farnes' work CLICK HERE