This month, one of Britain's most exciting young artists Sacha Jafri unveils his ten-year retrospective in Dubai.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/512716-designer-insight-sacha-jafri
What is your response to his work?
My only ambition is to become an important artist of this century - one that is remembered in 200 years... someone who is a Picasso, a Kandinsky, a Van Gogh. And anything less than that is just not good enough.
...and his attitude?
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To be honest, I don't think Jafri's paintings "work line an electrical shock on your senses and emotions, get you really hyper excited about your surrounding, and and bring it all alive again" - which is his description of what a painting should be. However, I really think that his work is very personal, surreal, and different from other pieces of work. For example, in one of the pieces, it looks like he is drawing a field of flowers, but the brush strokes are very dramatic and messy, and it looks like the paint was just thrown onto the canvas randomly. He has his own style and technique, and I believe that that fact itself makes him a special artist. As he said "it's about linking your lucid reality, your everyday consciousness, to your sub conscience, the world you normally experience when you're asleep - your dream world." I can see this is one of his paintings that is of the women carrying jugs up the stairs. The cultural part of it could be seen in the dress of the women. It seems to me that they are wearing Abayas or Jalabayat, which are cultural or traditional costumes women in the Arab World. Overall, I really think the fact that he is doing what he believes in and finds appropriate is extremely crucial, as he created his own style and technique in hope to be remembered the same way Picasso, Van Gogh and other famous artists were remembered in.
This comment is about Yoskay Yomamoto, the featured artist of the day. I really really liked the artwork that was displayed on the blog. It is very different and abstract, but at the same time, very modern in the way the shapes are put together. Although it took me quite some time to notice that the hair is a fish, I was actually really amazed at how well the artist was able to hide the fish and make it seem like it's the hair. I mean, at first glance, I did not know that. But after researching some more of the artist's work, and looking at the title of this specific art work, I found that it is called fish head in black and gold, and that is when I found that there was a fish involved. Anyway, the media the artist is using is acrylic on wood, and so I think it would be really interesting to see how this looks like in real life, because the colors are really blended in well and they look like they are digital. The whole artwork itself also looks like it has been done digitally, and so I think it would be really nice to see what these artworks look like in real life.
Personally i REALLY love his work. I think it truly does link my 'dream-world' to the real one because they turn places that i've seen in real life into these messy lively pieces. I find it mind blowing and i really like this style where so many colours are used (me being a sort of colour-aholic, the brighter, the bolder the better).
I like the way you can make images in your mind out of the lines, so its quite open to interpretation (like looking at the clouds and finding ice cream or dinosaurs or television sets). Like in the whitish piece i feel like i can see a couple embracing near the bridge. Also in the dark blue one i see the london eye, big ben and then pyramids near the right hand side.
I really like the fact that he's inspired by children and literature (hello my two favourite things in the world)... and the way he is inspired by other artists and his surroundings reminds me of IB art (where we have to incorporate culture into our work and where we look at different artists and art movements to gain knowledge and expand more).
In response to his attitude i think it is a bit egocentric to demand the best for ones self but i kind of like his attitude towards art. its the stereotype for artists to be generally lacking in ambition, that seems not to be the case with Sacha Jafri.
I really want to try doing this style for one of my pieces... using layers and different colours ... i think i could do it because of the simplicity (plus i LOVE working with lines, we're usually not allowed to include bold outlines, but thats all these paintings are so thats great)... i might want to try out some of the different environments i find in doha.. like the skyline then the houses then the desert then the sea.
I really like the artworks by Sacha Jafri. For some reasons they remind me of dreams. I also really like the technique and the round lines. It looks very similar to the glue drawings that we did in the beginning of the year. The only difference is that there are colours involved. Also, the lines look as if they were not intendet to form a picture, as if they were random lines that happened to form the subject or situation. That's what I really like about these artworks, the spontane nature of the artworks. They really show that some scenes only happen by accident or by chance. Another thing that I really like is the fact that these images show some part of life, and are not set up, like the Still Lives that were especially set up.
My favourite artwork shown on the website is the one with the women going up the stairs. With the technique the folds of the clothes are really shown. Also, the scene looks very natural, as if it was a normal routine every day. I personally prefer artworks or pictures that show a small part of the real life rather than a setup that might represent life, but is hallow because it is only a set up. This is one of the reasons why I think that these artworks and the spontaneaus technique are really effective.
About the attitude. I think it is right to be ambitious, however, the fact that he wants something and everything less is not good enough is a bit extreme. It seems to me that the art he does is insignificant and his only focus is on the fame and glory that he can get. Personally, I think this is not right, because if you make artworks only to get fame, one might as well not make any artworks at all. But on the other hand, it is important to be somehow ambitious in order to survive in todays world. So I cannot really understand his reasons to be that ambitious, but I think that I am not entitled to say anything about it.
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