GEORGE SFOUGARAS ARTWORKS

A collaborative Game based on working in teams within the NHS Context. The Background:  I was asked by Nicola Middler the new exhibition organiser to create a number of games for the George Davis Centre at Leicester University.  The approach to create this new work, was the result of some games and ideas based on three prints I made last year for another exhibition staged at the Leicester Print Workshop, inspired by Fluxus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxus   The show came in the middle of my Arts Council funded project Recovered Histories, commissioned by ArtReach. I had intended to create similar work based on memory, but the outcomes came as a surprise. The pieces attempted to challenge perceptions of what is funny/possible/therapeutic, true or manufactured. The sublime and the ridiculous vie for our attention in a political landscape where the two are often indistinguishable and perhaps this work subconsciously mimics those anomalies.  Two o...

Starting the De Lisle Commission:  9th March 2020. DAY 1. I will be changing the blog post daily until the painting is completed and you can comment at any point. I may at times reorder the sequence of the photographs to more accurately describe the work and the symbolism behind the various elements.  I was invited to create a piece of artwork for De Lisle Catholic Academy that would reflect the school's unique character and mission. Before I left for Jerusalem, I had a really productive meeting with representatives of the school, comprising the Principal Dr. Pye, The Chaplain, Mr. Agius, and several students. They discussed the key concepts that they felt would need to be part of the artwork that reflected the school's community and aims. To summarise, these, taken from my notes of the day were: Community;  Worship;  Interdependence; Helping One Another; Being parts of the Whole; Connected by a Common Thread; Individuality a...