Lawrence James Bailey
A visual artist by profession, Lawrence James Bailey's work explores connections between landscape, Romanticism, Libertarianism, alienation and the creative process. Born in 1976 in the industrial town of Stoke-on-Trent in the UK, he moved to the Netherlands to follow a residency at De Ateliers, an independent artists' institute located in Amsterdam, the city where he has now chosen to base himself.
"The architectural subjects of my drawings are all related to the romantic idea of somehow carving out an individualistic and 'free' space for ones self, in a similar way as to what a practicing artist should be doing. I use anarchists, revolutionaries, outsiders and hermits to explore notions of 'inner space', 'mind-space' or literally 'creative space'. The importance of carving out a quiet and secluded private space in an increasingly intrusive and social-media saturated world is both what the work is and what it portrays."
Examples of Lawrence's written work where he explores the themes of his work in greater detail can be found at:
http://hart.amsterdammuseum.nl/102527/nl/urban-fingerprint
http://ssba-salon.nl/#!/beeldende-kunst/locals-lawrence-james-bailey
http://www.failedarchitecture.com/amsterdams-former-totems-of-dissent/
http://lawrencejamesbailey.blogspot.nl/p/footnotes.html
website: www.lawrencejamesbailey.com
Instagram: @lawjamba
"The architectural subjects of my drawings are all related to the romantic idea of somehow carving out an individualistic and 'free' space for ones self, in a similar way as to what a practicing artist should be doing. I use anarchists, revolutionaries, outsiders and hermits to explore notions of 'inner space', 'mind-space' or literally 'creative space'. The importance of carving out a quiet and secluded private space in an increasingly intrusive and social-media saturated world is both what the work is and what it portrays."
Examples of Lawrence's written work where he explores the themes of his work in greater detail can be found at:
http://hart.amsterdammuseum.nl/102527/nl/urban-fingerprint
http://ssba-salon.nl/#!/beeldende-kunst/locals-lawrence-james-bailey
http://www.failedarchitecture.com/amsterdams-former-totems-of-dissent/
http://lawrencejamesbailey.blogspot.nl/p/footnotes.html
website: www.lawrencejamesbailey.com
Instagram: @lawjamba
Two Retreats (2015), fineliner and marker on coloured paper (57 x 42 cm)
