Larry Caveney

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Bio Slam SeriesBy direction of Larry CaveneyStarting out with one rubbing transfer onto paper (32x170 inches); students look for images within the field of dots/rubbing and outline those images with pencil. The images are biomorphic (partly representational, partly abstract) in nature. Student brings representational value by defining faces/figuration onto the drawings with more pencil and paints.Students then apply collage from current magazines; working collage into the drawings. Larry…See More

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First Name: Larry

Last Name: Caveney

Age: 35-55

Which of the following best describe you?: Painter, Performance artist, Curator

How often are you the first among your friends to try something new?: Very often

What do you want people to know most about you?: For a long time I spent my time in the studio making paintings, sculpting wood with a chain saw and print making. I used those practices to find a way of expressing my frustrations with the world and its contradictions. I was also trying to create a style that was uniquely mine. I wanted a style that could distinguish me from other artists, and make me famous, rich and free to leave that factory where I worked for ten years. After achieving that style, I started to pursue gallery representation.

Several galleries were interested and I eventually was selling my work around Atlanta and Charlotte. I was receiving favorable reviews and actually one museum bought one of my pieces for its collection. This process of marketing was exciting, but after awhile it lacked any lasting quality. Galleries would come and go and before I knew it I was back to looking for representation.

Finally, I realized that I wasn’t commutating social issues through painting or sculpting. I wasn’t making any change for my community because of the limitation of my audience. I wondered why so many fellow workers at the factory didn’t know what the heck I was doing in my art. All gallery openings for the most part catered to a certain group, certain class. I could see the evolution of my work but, where was the evolution of audience?

I started to question why some people (fellow factory worker) were not aware of the art world and its glamour. I shifted the direction of my thinking about the role of audience and started collaborating with school children, fellow factory workers and the public in general. I worked in a factory for ten years and for the most part never really shared my studio practice until close to the end of working there. I eventually started showing my work to those at the factory who operated fork trucks and worked on assembly lines. I started inviting my fellow workers to openings. Collaborating with my friends at the factory allowed fresh ideas, new possibilities to come into the work. It allowed a new audience to witness my work, through their involvement.

"Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping
the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and condition our lives"
Joseph Beuys

What is your website address?: http://www.larrycaveney.com

How did you hear about Brooklyn Art Project?: A friend

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At 10:52am on April 26, 2011, Janey_Godley said…: Larry, Many Happy Returns and wishing you all the best on your Birthday, From Janey Godley

At 5:38pm on April 1, 2010, Russell Mehlman said…: Thank you Larry... Happy to be a friend!

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