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STATEMENT OF WORK
Some might say I do things with language, but this could also be interpreted as doing language with things.
Through a personalised pursuit of drawing, painting, collage and typography what happens in the studio evolves into a deliberately awkward parallel structure of meaning which is often achieved through reproduction. As a result, each time a transformation takes place in what I do something different occurs.
This approach aims to translate or destabilise existing channels of authority in how norms and conventions are seen to be communicated. Despite a world of labels, terms, and soundbites, this feeling is in-itself nothing but a form of sensation. Ultimately, the process of making finds a way to disrupt an established pattern of meaning such as perceptions of value, class, or identity which have always been the foundation for what I do.
Based in the U.K. I work and live between Manchester, London & Scotland.
Work is held at the Tate collection as well as the Tate Library for artist’s books who also hold a substantial amount of self-published titles. Works are also held in the collections of the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester, & The British Council Art Collection along with various private collections. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-osbaldeston-11956
I am presently Reader (associate professor) in Fine Art at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, and formerly lecturer in Painting & Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art. https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/dosbaldeston
Further Information: http://davidosbaldeston.com
David O, 2022/3