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interview posted on london-art.net

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"I am currently working toward a solo show in February 2011. This show focuses on my studio as a domestic environment, taking its starting point from the era of Dutch Genre paintings.  I am interested in the confined environment that I work in and the close interaction with my wife who also inhabits the space. I feel this introspective view of our life breaks down the barriers I had built up in my work and gives a very honest account of my reality."

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recovering from the bloomsbury festival: day one

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long day of visitors through The Bloomsbury Studio, during Bloomsbury Festival 2010.  discs mounted, first meal of the day being prepared... below are some images from today...

explaining things:

at the top in the background are a series from previous solo show, below which is a framed print from the limited edition series, 'Gloriana'

people engaging in things.  looking at things, taking pictures of things, talking about things, and being things.

top view of the stereo-octagon and a viewer kneeling at a simpler stereoscope

everyone swears ben was alone when this picture was taken. it's being sent off for analysis as we speak:

almost recovery mode:

then everyone left, and there was one more task:

 

stretching a fake cube:

 

more open studio tomorrow.  11am to 4pm.  so many interesting people today.

 

................................................................................................working out what to change for tomorrow....

The Bloomsbury Festival

Simon Oldfield Gallery