Artist Information:
Matthew Haydock
sevenoaks,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2006
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Artist Statement:
ALL MY BEST FRIENDS ARE
METAPHORS
In September 2005 I finally
settled on the concept which I
would run with for the
duration of the year. Based
around the study I was doing
on my dissertation, my
drawings and paintings began
to observe some of the
different areas associated
with psychoanalysis. Inspired
by some of the more common
Freudian and Jungian theories
like ESP and the collective
unconscious, I see some of my
work as Hieronymus Bosch
viewed through the eyes of
Yoshimoto Nara. Creatures and
disfigurements act as
metaphors for dream analysis.
It almost ironically takes an
impossibly complex area of
cognitive psychology and
reflects it in the form of
simple, pop-culture comic
strips and doodles. When the
work is taken out of an
artistic environment it
becomes similar to the kinds
of design associated with rock
music, comic books and
clothing. With this in mind I
have recently gone out of my
way to promote my work as just
that. I have designed the surf
boards and merchandise for
‘Rockpools’, a company started
by myself and a friend, which
is currently in its early
stages.
I like to think of my work as
being half art and ...
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Matthew Haydock's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Matthew Haydock's Portfolio. Browse Haydock's body of work: ALL MY BEST FRIENDS ARE METAPHORS
In September 2005 I finally settled on the concept which I would run with for the duration of the year. Based around the study I was doing on my dissertation, my drawings and paintings began to observe some of the different areas associated with psychoanalysis. Inspired by some of the more common Freudian and Jungian theories like ESP and the collective unconscious, I see some of my work as Hieronymus Bosch viewed through the eyes of Yoshimoto Nara. Creatures and disfigurements act as metaphors for dream analysis. It almost ironically takes an impossibly complex ... |
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