{"id":120,"date":"2017-03-23T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T13:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=120"},"modified":"2017-05-06T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T12:48:48","slug":"joseph-grahame","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?portfolio=joseph-grahame","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Grahame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephgrahame.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;color: #000000\">www.josephgrahame.co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>What are the main concerns within your practice?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">My practice is primarily engaged with the processes of painting and abstraction through the ways in which pigment is applied to surface. It often references the history of painting, while at the same time questioning what it means to make paintings within contemporary art now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=230\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?fit=1671%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1671,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?fit=836%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=740%2C907&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?w=1671&amp;ssl=1 1671w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=768%2C941&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=836%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 836w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=880%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=220%2C270&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>What are your biggest influences?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">It often changes, but it is usually the feeling that emerges when something interesting begins to happen within a painting. Also, the work of Cy Twombly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=233\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?fit=1696%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1696,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?fit=848%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-233 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=659%2C796&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?w=1696&amp;ssl=1 1696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=768%2C927&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=848%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 848w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=880%2C1063&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17473997_2216536681905560_1470747457_o.jpg?resize=220%2C266&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>What\u2019s the first thing you do when you start\/ what\u2019s your process?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">A body of work usually begins through experimentation with materials, processes or different types of paint and surface. Having said that, something as simple as a specific colour or texture can be the starting point for a series of paintings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=231\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?fit=1660%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1660,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?fit=830%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-231 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=655%2C808&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?w=1660&amp;ssl=1 1660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=768%2C948&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=830%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=880%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455059_2216536925238869_414817440_o.jpg?resize=220%2C271&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>What do you like most about the studio?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">Being able to be around like-minded individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>How has your work changed over the course of your degree?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">My work has developed from being multi-disciplinary to being very much involved within the field of painting. For the last two years painting has been my main focus and I always find myself being brought back to it in one way or another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=232\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?fit=1766%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1766,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?fit=880%2C1021&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-232 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=606%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?w=1766&amp;ssl=1 1766w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=259%2C300&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=768%2C891&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=883%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 883w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=880%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17455188_2216536461905582_193160999_o.jpg?resize=220%2C255&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\"><strong>What are your plans after graduation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lato, sans-serif;font-size: 30px;color: #000000\">My plans after graduating are to study an MA in Fine Art and continue to explore painting through spending a large amount of time dedicated to studio practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=230\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?fit=1671%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1671,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?fit=836%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=602%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?w=1671&amp;ssl=1 1671w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=768%2C941&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=836%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 836w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=880%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2017\/03\/17453726_2216537105238851_2067808340_o.jpg?resize=220%2C270&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.josephgrahame.co.uk &nbsp; What are the main concerns within your practice?\u00a0 My practice is primarily engaged with the processes of painting and abstraction through the ways in which pigment is applied to surface. 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