{"id":88,"date":"2017-03-20T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=88"},"modified":"2017-05-06T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:26:58","slug":"lee-kay-barry","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sowhatofthefuture.leeds.ac.uk\/?portfolio=lee-kay-barry","title":{"rendered":"Lee Kay-Barry"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are your main concerns?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Expressing energy and gesture through figurative painting. I\u2019d say my main concern is the question of beauty, and how the aesthetic is transformed into visual appeal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are your biggest influences?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I love Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning. Last year I studied abroad in Valencia, and was really influenced by a module I took that involved drawing movement and dancing figures – so I took inspiration from some of the line work and the way that I actually drew figures and applied that to the way that I paint. That really inspired me to draw and paint in the way that I do now \u2013 a lot looser and less representational. I\u2019ve gone through a lot of stages in my painting, but right now its just resolving and trying to engage the viewer with the idea of gesture and absence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you do first? What\u2019s your process?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I do is grab a cup of tea, and I\u2019ll map out a rough edge of the main things. The way that I paint is quite spontaneous and reactive to the way that I feel and what I\u2019m depicting. When I set out to paint, it’s not so much the result, it\u2019s the process that I experience from painting, and trying to find resolution. It’s not as important to me to resolve it; it\u2019s the process. I paint and work through things at once, I don\u2019t just work on one area at a time, I move around the canvas, building up different areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you enjoy most about the studio?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I think since moving to this studio there\u2019s a better sense of community. It’s nice because there\u2019s always someone in, and it feels like there\u2019s a lot more energy – people creating work and bouncing off each other. I\u2019ve just started a collaborative piece with another girl. To actually be in a room with other painters, all working with the same medium, is great.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How was your work changed?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s completely changed. When I arrived fresh from school I was really interested in representational portraiture. After a really horrible crit in first year I think I got frustrated.<\/span>\u00a0I’d painted a\u00a0self-portrait and I was trying to make it look perfect and they said to me \u2018Mm no, not really working\u2019. It was almost like a fuck you, you know what I\u2019m fed up, I\u2019m just going to paint over it and see what happens. From there it really developed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Second year was the least inspired and motivated I\u2019ve been – I think that that definitely showed in my practice. My year abroad reinvigorated this fire in my heart to actually paint and enjoy it. It helped me to understand what I want from my last year. This is my favourite year for sure. I\u2019ve got freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are your plans after graduation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019ll be returning to Spain for at least a year. I\u2019m not really looking to jump into any postgraduate or masters courses immediately, if I do that it will be in a couple of years. There is the possibility of working in some sort of creative job, maybe graphic design, but at the moment I want to take a little bit of time off and continue painting. I\u2019m planning to teach English in Spain, in Valencia or Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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