GEORGE MICHELS
ARTWORKS
CURATION
Her pieces reflect her personality and illustrate obsessive compulsions. All text works are printed using traditional letter-press methods and are created with Pthalo Blue ink on crisp white Fabriano paper. Collecting is attributed to her hoarding tendencies. Objects are found and recycled, transforming everyday scrap into objects of value, reflecting the value which the artist attributes to the objects instinctively. The collections formed are then installed narratively, in drawers or boxes, while simultaneously being arranged according to obsessive compulsions.
The framing of the pieces act as a form of release from the work and the obsessive traits therein. It is therefore done by hand – the consumption of time creating a stronger bond between work and artist, before each cathartic release – every frame created purely for the piece which resides within it.
“The typical character of works of art lies in their capacity to generate aesthetic experience.” – Monroe C. Beardsley.
Curatorial instinct comes from the need to organise. George sees the curation of art work in the same sense as the organisation of her personal collections. All exhibitions are executed precisely and methodically, with the audience in mind at every stage. Coming from a background in Fine Art, the visitor becomes the subject as well as the artwork itself, from which a narrative is drawn.
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