Imizobo kaMindy Lee isebenzisa umzobo ukuphonononga ukutshintsha amabali embali ephilayo kunye neenkumbulo.UMindy wazalelwa eBolton, e-UK kwaye waphumelela kwiKholeji yaseRoyal yoBugcisa ngo-2004 nge-MA kwiPainting.Ukususela ekuphumeleleni kwakhe, uye wabamba imiboniso yodwa kwi-Perimeter Space, i-Griffin Gallery kunye ne-Jerwood Project Space eLondon, kunye nakuluhlu olubanzi lwamaqela.Yenziwe kwihlabathi jikelele, kubandakanywa neChina Academy of Art.
"Ndiyakuthanda ukusebenzisa ipeyinti ye-acrylic.Iyaguquguquka kwaye iguquguquka kunye ne-pigmentation etyebileyo.Ingasetyenziswa njenge-watercolor, i-inki, ioli okanye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo.Akukho myalelo wesicelo, zikhululeke ukuphonononga. ”
Ngaba ungasixelela kancinci ngemvelaphi yakho kunye nendlela owaqala ngayo?
Ndakhulela kwintsapho yezazinzulu ezinobuchule eLancashire.Bendisoloko ndifuna ukuba ligcisa kwaye ndihambahamba ngemfundo yam yobugcisa;wagqiba ikhosi yesiseko eManchester, BA (ipeyinti) e-Cheltenham naseGloucester College, emva koko wathatha ikhefu le-3 iminyaka, emva koko i-Master of Arts (Painting) kwiKholeji yaseRoyal yoBugcisa.Emva koko ndathatha imisebenzi emibini okanye emithathu (maxa wambi emine) imisebenzi yesingxungxo ngelixa ndisabandakanya inkani umsebenzi wam wobugcisa kubomi bam bemihla ngemihla.Ngoku ndihlala kwaye ndisebenza eLondon.
Ngaba ungasixelela kancinci malunga nomsebenzi wakho wobugcisa?
Umsebenzi wam wobugcisa uguquke ngokwamava am.Ngokukodwa ndisebenzisa umzobo kunye nokupeyinta ukuphonononga imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla yosapho, amasiko, iinkumbulo, amaphupha kunye namanye amabali angaphakathi kunye nokunxibelelana.Banemvakalelo engaqhelekanga yokutyibilika phakathi kwelizwe kunye nelinye, kwaye ngenxa yokuba umzimba kunye nendawo ivulekile, kuhlala kukho ukubakho kotshintsho.
Ngaba uyasikhumbula imathiriyeli yobugcisa yokuqala owawunikwe okanye wazithengela yona?Yintoni kwaye usayisebenzisa namhlanje?
Xa ndandineminyaka esi-9 okanye eli-10 ubudala, umama wandivumela ukuba ndisebenzise ipeyinti yakhe yeoli.Ndiziva ngathi ndikhulile!Ngoku andiyisebenzisi ioli, kodwa ndisakuthanda ukusebenzisa iibrashi zakhe ezimbalwa
Ngaba kukho naziphi na izixhobo zobugcisa othanda kakhulu ukuzisebenzisa kwaye uthanda ntoni ngazo?
Ndiyathanda ukusebenza ngeepeyinti ze-acrylic.Iyaguquguquka kwaye iguquguquka kunye ne-pigmentation etyebileyo.Ingasetyenziswa njenge-watercolor, i-inki, ipeyinti yeoli okanye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo.Umyalelo wesicelo awuchazwanga, unokuhlola ngokukhululekileyo.Igcina imigca ezotyiweyo kunye nemiphetho ekrwada, kodwa iphinde ichitheke kakuhle.Iyathandeka kwaye inexesha elomileyo elinomtsalane kakhulu…yintoni ongayithandiyo?
Njengomlawuli wezobugcisa weZiko leBryce loMculo kunye noBugcisa obuBonakalayo, uqhuba igalari kunye nemfundo yobugcisa ngelixa ugcina umsebenzi wakho wobugcisa, uzilinganisa njani ezi zimbini?
Ndiziqeqeshe kakhulu ngexesha lam kunye nesiqu sam.Ndahlula iveki yam ibe ziibhloko ezithile zomsebenzi, ke ezinye iintsuku sisitudiyo kwaye ezinye ziyiBlyth.Ndigxininisa umsebenzi wam kuwo omabini amacandelo.Wonke umntu unamaxesha apho adinga ixesha lam elininzi, ngoko kukho ukupha kunye nokuthatha phakathi.Kwathatha iminyaka ukufunda indlela yokwenza oku!Kodwa ngoku ndifumene isingqisho esisebenzayo esindisebenzelayo.Okubaluleke ngokulinganayo, ngenxa yokuziqhelanisa kwam kunye neZiko leBryce, kukuthatha ixesha lokucinga kunye nokucamngca nokuvumela izimvo ezintsha ukuba zivele.
Ngaba uziva ngathi ubugcisa bakho buphenjelelwa ziiprojekthi zogcino?
Ngokuqinisekileyo.Ukunciphisa lithuba elihle lokufunda ngezinye iindlela, ukudibana namagcisa amatsha, kwaye ndongeze kuphando lwam kwihlabathi lobugcisa bale mihla.Ndiyakuthanda ukubona indlela ubugcisa butshintsha ngayo xa udityaniswa nomsebenzi wamanye amagcisa.Ukuchitha ixesha usebenzisana nezenzo zabanye abantu kunye neeprojekthi ngokwendalo kuchaphazela owam umsebenzi.
Ukuba ngumama kube nefuthe njani kumsebenzi wakho wobugcisa?
Ukuba ngumama kuye kwatshintsha kakhulu kwaye komeleza ukuziqhelanisa kwam.Ngoku ndisebenza ngakumbi nge-intuitively kwaye ndilandela amathumbu am.Ndicinga ukuba oko kwandinika ukuzithemba ngakumbi.Andinalo ixesha elininzi lokuwubekela amangomso umsebenzi wam, ngoko ke ndiye ndigxininise ngakumbi kwaye ndingqale kumxholo kunye nenkqubo yokuvelisa.
Ngaba ungasixelela ngomzobo welokhwe yakho enamacala amabini?
Ezi zenziwa ngunyana wam esemncinci.Zisuka kumava am obuzali aphendulayo.Ndenze imizobo eyandisiweyo ukuphendula nangaphezulu kwimizobo yonyana wam.Baphonononga iindlela zethu kunye nezithethe njengoko sisuka kwi-hybrid ukuya kumntu ngamnye.Ukusebenzisa iimpahla njenge-canvas kubavumela ukuba badlale indima ebonakalayo ekuboniseni indlela imizimba yethu eguquka ngayo.(Ukugqwetheka kwam emzimbeni ngexesha nasemva kokukhulelwa kunye neempahla ezilahliweyo ngabantwana bam abasakhulayo.)
Wenza ntoni estudio ngoku?
Uluhlu lwemizobo yesilika encinci, eguquguqukayo ephonononga ilizwe langaphakathi elisondeleyo lothando, ilahleko, ukulangazelela kunye nokuvuselelwa.Ndikwisigaba esichulumancisayo apho izinto ezintsha zicenga ukuba zenzeke, kodwa andiqinisekanga ukuba yintoni, ngoko akukho nto ilungiswayo kwaye umsebenzi uyatshintsha, iyandothusa.
Ngaba kufuneka ube nezixhobo kwisitudiyo sakho ongenakuphila ngaphandle kwazo?Uzisebenzisa njani kwaye ngoba?
Iibrashi zam zokuhlamba, amalaphu kunye nezitshizi.Ibrashi idala umgca oguquguqukayo kakhulu kwaye ibambe ubungakanani bepeyinti elungileyo kwizijekulo ezinde.I-rag isetyenziselwa ukufaka kunye nokususa ipeyinti, kwaye isitshizi simanzisa umphezulu ukuze ipeyinti izenzele ngokwayo.Ndizisebenzisa kunye ukwenza ubumanzi phakathi kokudibanisa, ukuhambisa, ukususa kunye nokufaka isicelo kwakhona.
Ngaba kukho naziphi na iinkqubo kwisitudiyo sakho ezikugcina ugxile njengoko uqala usuku lwakho?
Bendibaleka ndibuya eskolweni ndicinga lento bendizoyenza estudio.Ndenza i-brew kwaye ndiphinde ndibuyele iphepha lam le-sketchpad apho ndinemizobo ekhawulezayo kunye neengcebiso zokwenza izicwangciso.Ndaye ndangena nje ndatsho ndalibala nge tea yam ndahlala ndagqibela ngokubanda.
Umamele ntoni estudio?
Ndikhetha istudiyo esithe cwaka ukuze ndigxile kule nto ndisebenza kuyo.
Leliphi elona cebiso lilungileyo olifumene kwelinye igcisa?
UPaul Westcombe wandinika eli cebiso xa ndikhulelwe, kodwa licebiso elihle nangaliphi na ixesha."Xa ixesha kunye nendawo zinqongophele kwaye ukuziqhelanisa nestudiyo sakho kubonakala kungenakwenzeka, hlengahlengisa indlela osebenza ngayo ukuze ikusebenzele."
Ngaba unazo iiprojekthi zangoku okanye ezizayo ongathanda ukwabelana nathi ngazo?
Ndijonge phambili ekuboniseni kwiiNdawo zabaseTyhini Kuyo yonke indawo, zigcinwe ngu-Boa Swindler kunye no-Infinity Bunce kwithala lethala leencwadi laseStoke Newington elivulwa nge-8 kaMatshi 2022. Ndikwachulumancile ukwabelana ngokuba ndiza kube ndibonisa umsebenzi wam omtsha weSilk Works, a umboniso wedwa ePortsmouth Art Space ngo-2022.
Ukufunda ngakumbi ngomsebenzi kaMindy, ungandwendwela iwebhusayithi yakhe apha okanye umfumane ku-Instagram @mindylee.me.Yonke imifanekiso ngoncedo lwegcisa
Ixesha lokuposa: Jan-19-2022