Private View

The artist studio has dramatically changed from the old romantic, cliché of a dirty cold garret. Evolving into a work space that is adapted by the artist to cater for their means, enabling the artist to create without distraction. The studio has now become a place of interchangeable meaning. Some artists prefer a clean white space, but others use it as an office; a place to organise production, facilitating fabrication to outside manufactures or to plan schedules for fieldwork.Hosted by Jack Duplock. Private View presents conversations with artists within their studio environment. Discussing the varied ways the studio impacts on their arts practice. You can follow Jacks work on instagram @jackduplock and www.jackduplock.co.uk

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Private View#5: Matthew Cowan

May 19, 2020 • Jack Duplock

Jack talks to the artist Matthew Cowan. A New Zealand artist now living in Berlin and Helsinki.

In this episode Matthew becomes the interviewer and Jack is the interviewee. In March of last year Matthew visited Jacks studio to talk to jack about his practice as part of his research towards a PHD thesis. To emphasise the collaborative and reciprocal process of creativity, Matthew asked Jack to produce a mask out of a handkerchief. The conversation grew out of both artists mutual interest in folk art and folk story.

Matthews work references traditional European customs, playing with the inherent strangeness of the continued popularity of long established folk customs in a contemporary world.

He has shown his work in major institutions across Europe and internationally. Recent shows have included: Wilderness Makes This World, Seinajoki, Kunsthalle, Seinajoki, Finland, 2020; The Scream of the Strawbear, Kunsthalle, Geissen, Germany, 2019; Para Field notes, Hyppolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

Please follow him on Instagram @matthewcowan and check out his work at https://www.matthewcowan.net.

Follow Jack on @jackduplock and https://www.jackduplock.co.uk

Music by Richard Waddell, @vinyl_richie_9000