Exhibition at the Leipzig Art Fair 2018
<p>Hi, thanks for stopping by. This is me in the studio. </p><p> </p><p><img width="100%" alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/493658/DSCF6151-1520378492.JPG" /></p><p> </p><p><strong>WHO AM I?</strong></p><p> </p><p>I am an artist who mostly makes paintings. </p><p> </p><p>I like to think I do a thing that nobody else does. I've been doing it for more than 25 years and have had many exhibitions.</p><p> </p><p><strong>WHAT AM I DOING NOW?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Every year I make a new series of paintings. You can see the last few years work on my website: <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.corneliusdelaney.com">www.corneliusdelaney.com</a> </strong> Most years I get to exhibit this new work somewhere. Sometimes to a big crowd like at the Biennale in Grenoble in 2016 and other times to an intimate gathering like at an associative café.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently making some of the best work I have ever made. </p><p> </p><p><img width="100%" alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/493657/ItsAGodAwfulSmallAffair_copie-1520378081.jpg" /></p><p><em>It's A God Awful Small Affair</em>, Acrylic on canvas, diptych (100cm x 160cm), 2018</p><p> </p><p>This is one of my most recent paintings and an example of one that I would be taking to the Art Fair in Leipzig. The title is a line taken from David Bowie's song <em>Life On Mars. </em></p><p> </p><p>In this series I've been using images of Martian landscapes I found on the internet and I don't know whether I'm making pictures about Mars or Australia. I'm from Australia originally, but now that I live in France, I could actually be from Mars. </p><p> </p><p>I have always loved David Bowie's music and I wanted to include him in the work somehow. That is kind of how I work. I find things and things happen and I put them together with personal stuff, memories etc., then I filter it and mix it and eventually a painting manifests. Stories emerge. Figures appear... some familiar, some not so much. </p><p> </p><p>I get angry about the state of the world, anxious and sad, but in the paintings I am trying to work something out. So I'm not telling you how to think or even really what to see. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it doesn't make any sense. </p><p> </p><p>Paintings don't have to make sense, they just have to be.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img width="100%" alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/494593/koda3-1520592740.jpg" /></p><p> </p><p><strong>WHY AM I ON KISSKISSBANKBANK?</strong></p><p> </p><p>I live in quite a remote part of France these days that is a great place for making the work, but perhaps a bit far away for the crowd who actually buy paintings.</p><p> </p><p>I am often doing mass emails to galleries all over Europe and the world, trying to make new connections to show my work, but emails are a bit impersonal and you don't get much response. I go to the big cities like Lyon and Marseille and walk around speaking to people in galleries who ask "<em>Why didn't you send us an email?</em>". </p><p> </p><p>So, making the work is one thing, but getting to show it and sell it is another business entirely.</p><p> </p><p>This year I have been invited to participate in the <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://kunstmesse-leipzig.de/en/home/">Leipzig Art Fair</a></strong> in Germany in November. With the collection of work I have at the moment this opportunity could give my entire enterprise the boost it needs to advance to a new level of sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>And of course, more than fame or riches (2 of the 3 Buddhist curses), my goal is sustainability, that is, to be able to keep making the work.</p><p> </p><p>So, here I am passing the virtual hat around. I invite you to take a look at my website at <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.corneliusdelaney.com">www.corneliusdelaney.com</a></strong>. Perhaps you could help me get my paintings to Leipzig.</p><p> </p><p>Any little bit will help and I thank you with all my heart.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
<p>To participate in the <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://kunstmesse-leipzig.de/en/home/">Leipzig Art Fair 2018</a></strong> I need <u><strong>€3710</strong></u>.</p><p> </p><p>I live down in the southern part of France and Leipzig is way up the road in Germany. I will have to transport my paintings (which aren't small) and stay in Leipzig while the exhibition is on. I will be accompanied by an assistant who will share the driving and help with the installation of the paintings.</p><p> </p><p><strong>THE BUDGET</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Fee</strong> for 10 square metres of installation space in the art fair: €1350 (plus €270 VAT)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Catalogue Entry: </strong>€190</p><p> </p><p><strong>Vehicle hire to transport paintings</strong> from the south of France to Leipzig: €550</p><p> </p><p><strong>Fuel</strong>: €600</p><p> </p><p><strong>Accommodation for 2 people for 5 nights</strong> in Leipzig: €250</p><p> </p><p><strong>Food (for 2 people for 6 days) </strong>and sundries: €200</p><p> </p><p><strong>Commissions, taxes, road tolls, emergencies</strong>: €300</p><p> </p><p><u><strong>TOTAL: €3710</strong></u></p><p> </p><p><strong>I will collect the total amount of the perceived donations</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>If my goal is exceeded</strong> by a large amount, I will occupy a bigger installation space (20 square metres is €2,500) and exhibit more of my work. If my goal is exceeded just a bit, I will buy more canvas, paint, brushes and paper, or pay the rent for my website.</p><p> </p>