1st Speaker

ANDREW LANYON

Andrew Lanyon is a surrealist painter, publisher, author, and film-maker. Born in St. Ives in 1947, he was brought up in West Cornwall where his artistic interests were developed from an early age.Now a renowned artist, Lanyon exhibits his work across the UK and sells around the globe. His work is in many public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Collection - London and the Museum of Modern Art - New York. He has published over thirty of his own books and more recently has returned to film. in www.andrewlanyon.com
Pessoalmente prefiro o seu trabalho como escritor, pelos imaginários que cria.

"In about 1980 Andrew Lanyon began a trilogy of books about Walter Rowley, an iconoclast from St.Ives who discovered that art is the only visually transmitted virus. Twenty years and nine books later the Rowleys (Walter, Mervyn and Vera) are still going strong, in books but also in films. There is no need to have read any of the Rowley series before to enjoy or fully grasp an individual volume. They are too loosley connected. Anyone who wishes to buy the complete set (as does occasionally happen) need not be disappointed with regard to its completeness as photocopies of the two out-of-print volumes can be 'thrown in'."

Acima de tudo, foi bastante enriquecedor em termos teóricos e conceptuais.
Demonstrou-nos a importância da linguagem, da constante exploração das pequenas ideias que nos surgem e da confiança no próprio trabalho.O seu discurso flui naturalmente e com uma total certeza naquilo que está a afirmar que nos prende facilmente a atenção.