Were you on the Masterclass with Eduardo Paolozzi in 1996?
Would you like to contribute to a book about the 10 days we spent with him?
If so contact me – Ann Shaw-
“What is the purpose of a Masterclass?”
I asked Eduardo Paolozzi as we sat around the table over
coffee in the café of Edinburgh College of Art.
His reply is unexpected.
“ To bring you lot together, so that you can learn from each
other.”
Well, that was in 1996.
What did we learn in our 10-day Masterclass with him and how has it
influenced our work?
He asked us all to keep a diary and the other day I found
mine and re-read it and I was struck by how prescient his views were and relevant to
today’s fast changing world.
Like a canary in the cage, though I would hesitate to
compare Paolozzi to a canary- more like a big, solid, lumbering blacksmith, he
had sensed the future.
So the purpose of this blog is to try and contact all those
other students who were with me to see if we can share again those experiences
and what we learnt as artists.
How many others have still got their diaries?
I had intended to publish mine as an e-book until I realised
how much stronger it would be if I could have the input from other students who
were on that Masterclass with me.
Where are you all now?
Fortunately Geraldine Prince, art historian and course organiser, gave us
a list of all participants and thanks to the internet I am able to locate quite
a few from the class.
Whether they want to share those experiences of nearly twenty years ago is another matter.
So lets see what happens…
Hopefully others will come forward and their writings and
work will be shared both on this blog and subsequent book.
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