wot is raw art?
well…
this Raw Art Thing is brought to you by Siân Superman, founder and sole member of the Art Supergroup and the Hangover Art Club.
Since 2005 I have been illustrating books and maps. In 2009 I started painting canvas and selling it online, although I’d always been drawing and painting.
There’s lots of other stuff to add – about grrrr! [the shop], which we had in Kentish Town in 2016 and 2017. About the need of manifestos, for magazines, for more exhibitions, for artworks made out of apples and pieces of toast, for more blog posts, for less Super Galleries, for many people, for everyone – well not everyone.
I’ve exhibited in different locations in London and Hastings. With the Grrrr! bandwagon we went to Wakefield and showed in LA. I’ve also talked about art, and music, on podcasts and at literary festivals including the ICA, BBC Radio 4’s Today, Front Row, BBC 6music and major TV channels.
People people who own my work include Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, who were bought paintings as a thank you by directors Iain and Jane, when they finished the film 20, 000 Days on Earth. Robert Wyatt and Alfie Benge have a Robert Wyatt; Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti have a Throbbing Gristle; Terry Hall from the Specials has a David Live. Others include Sleaford Mods, the Magic Numbers, Tim Burgess, Sam Roddick, Caroline Catz, Jarvis Cocker and Jeremy Dellar. Brian Eno has a “Power to the People” art biscuit in resin.