GEORGE SFOUGARAS ARTWORKS

THE FLUXUS REFORM EXHIBITION AND MY CONTRIBUTION. FLUXUS The pieces challenge our perceptions of what is funny/possible, true or manufactured. The sublime and the ridiculous vie for our attention in a political landscape where the two are often indistinguishable. Note to the Curators (who did an amazing job, with sincere thanks). It is hoped that they contain sufficient clues as to the intention and that they enable the viewer to be enlightened, confused, entertained and bemused in keeping with the model shown below. This text can be displayed alongside the works, but there is no requirement, expectation or indeed need to be expressed by the maker, thus leaving the decision to the curator and the wall’s capacity to accommodate more display material. Perhaps all three images should be looked at from three viewpoints. The first is a purely visual one. I tried to make them work on some sort of aesthetic level. They have the feeling of older prints, when printing m...

Lead Artist interview for Webinart George Sfougaras 2.00 pm November 12 th 2019. Some additional notes and bits that there was no time to discuss. What has been the impact of social media on your work? It has been good and also detrimental, but the good outweighs the bad. When I was making art and hoping to sell it immediately after my degree, the problem was getting the work seen by the public.   The only way this could be achieved was by securing a place to exhibit, in group shows or in solo exhibitions. Even then, the audience numbers would be relatively small. A few hundred people would perhaps engage with works shown in such a way. Now, of course, I can post an image on Facebook or Instagram and receive immediate responses from any part of the world. If I want to sell work and want to do this for an edition of prints, I have to think very carefully whether I can physically meet the possible demands and cope with the administrative aspect of packaging and sen...