April 29, 2019

Canvas-floor: Artists painting in night-clubs

“Britain produces so much interesting, creative stuff, but it has become a nation where any kind of gathering together seems terrifying to the authorities" - Vinca Peterson tells Guardian in an article about artists who depict clubs. It connects escapism of dancing with social commentary of arts - "From pagan festivals that have been taken away to the sterilising of any other festival, it’s got squeezed and squeezed. And what happens when it pops?”. Petersen asks. "I’d use the energy of the crowd, the movement, the action, the expression" - Denzil Forrester explains the process of drawing in a club, and Mark 'Wigan' Williams describes how he made a whole club one big art piece.