Have Fun, Make Art evolved from Body Drawing and the concept that art should be enjoyable, and fun, not something we are scared to embrace.
As with the majority of my pieces it focuses on the relationship between artist, art, and audience and although I do not disregard visual aesthetics, for me the relationship created by putting a ‘paint by numbers’ on the floor and inviting people to join in is the core element to this artwork.
This time in order to push my work further, alongside the paint by numbers sheet I wanted to have something that people could take away with them, something that would be a reminder of their experience and a way to keep the artwork alive. I feel this is vital when you are working in a medium that does not leave something tangible such as a painting or sculpture behind.
I therefore decided to produce two things, one was a little bookwork containing information on how the piece was established and asserting to my audience the theory behind my work, I produced it to have a fun element, However it still included key information. The second thing I produced were some cupcakes with business cards stuck on top. My reason for choosing cakes, is up until know without realising they seem to have become a signature of my work, popping up all over the place. Food is so important within our day-to-day lives and we constantly talk about it, it seems the perfect piece of ephemeral art to signify that this work was mine, and to run alongside the paint by numbers.
