Jonny Thaw, Be the paint

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Be the paint is a collaborative work, but perhaps without the formal foundation of collaboration. The piece utilises the visuals from other artists on the No Show Space website, to create in itself, an entirely whole new artwork, with the added variance of random and chance.

When given the brief for the ON/OFF project for No Show, it felt like permission was given to me to change my perception on what kind of work I could create. And like with many things in life, it felt like it had no connection to other things I had been working on, but in fact when taking a step back, it does, it ends up being a direct response to earlier desires I’ve had of being the ring leader for work, rather than being the ego, setting up systems for creation, allowing room for chance and surprise, a nod to the generative and conceptual art worlds that I have so fondly indulged in. In fact it ended up with the title being the most forced part of the piece, because I had none in mind and nothing showed itself to me when making it either.
– Jonny Thaw

Jonny Thaw lives and works in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Having studied Graphic Design at University for the Creative Arts Epsom, his work sits at a crossroads of design formality, technological intrigue and artistic idealism. He has been artist in residence at Music Hackspace in Somerset House and School of Visual Arts in New York. He was a member of the art collective MSCHF.