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Through the eyes of Andrew Jamieson
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Tell us about a typical day in your studio. Are there any rituals you follow?
The first thing I do is make a pot of coffee(a habit Iacquiredliving in the USA–I was once a tea drinker!).I then take my dog for atwo- or three-mile walkthroughfields,woodlandandbythe sea–I’mlucky to get to walk through this environment every day.Thisis when I do my creative thinking and give my ideas nourishment. I then have my second coffee andbreakfast, andstart work at 9am.
I work for abouteighthours a day, ormore if a commission demands it. I then walk my dog againandI go through the art that Ihavepainted that day. When I was younger,I would workmuch longer hours, as I justcouldn’tput the brush down. These days my eyescan’ttake it, especially asmy work is quiteintricate.When I finish,I tend to watch a film to unwind.
What about the creative process around starting a new project?
I usually get a brief and then spend a few days considering itand sketching in a notepad. I usually have a clear image of how it will look in my head almostimmediately,and the sketching allows me to see if it works or not. I try not to be too mechanical or precise. What I love in medieval paintings is the sense of life and fun – there are some artists in
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Street artists from all over the world, join together into paying tribute to George Floyd. His cruel death continues to feed protests and manifestations, calling for an end to police brutality and racism.
Artists use their talents to give more voice to the movement: Black Lives Matter. They often include the names of other victims of police violence.
Particularly moving is the mural painted at the intersection where his murder happened, just a few days after. By this stage, all four officers, who were at the scene, have now been arrested. Derek Chauvin – a former police officer – the one kneeling on Floyd’s neck for roughly 9 min – was charged with third-degree murder at first, now it has changed to second-degree murder. The mural in Minneapolis has now become a memorial for George Floyd.
One of the artists, who worked on the Minneapolis mural, Xena Goldman, shared with My Modern Met, that it was crucial for all the artists, that no one, ever walk through that crossing without acknowledging what happened. Cities from Berlin to LA, Syria to Dublin are seeing new memorials popping up. Many of them include infamous words “I can’t breathe” and the names of other police brutality victims.
What we can see on these murals is proof that what h
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