Interview with James Unsworth
q) Let’s start with the basics; what’s your full name, where do you live, and how old are you?
I love the place but not enough to live there again.
I use compositions taken from medieval paintings and popular print.
Francoise Rabelais
q) Who are some of your favourite artists/designers/photographers?
a)I’m interested other artists who use print or understandable narrative like William Hogarth, James Ensor, Albrecht Durer, James Gillray, Robert Crumb, Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Breughel, Chris Hipkiss, Paul Noble, Gregory Jacobsen, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Charles Burns, Henry Darger, Adam Latham and Richard Galloway. But I think my favourite artist is Olaf Breuning who is a photographer and filmmaker.
I used to want to be David Shrigley.
q) What is your next project?Exhibition?Collaboration?
a)I have a show opening on October 9th 2007, its called ‘The Future Can Wait’
thefuturecanwait.com
q) What are your plans for the future?
a)I’ll be happy if I can continue drawing and doing what I enjoy.
q) Are there some web sites that you would like to recommend? Artists, art communities, xxx,…!?
a)I don’t use the internet that much I prefer going to Galleries and Museums. I recommend the Drawing and Print study room at the British Museum.
It is one of my favourite places to go, the drawing collection at the Louvre is also amazing, I held original Bosch drawings in my hands.
q) What sort of music do you listen to?
a)I listen to a wide variety of music and see loads of live performance so plenty of bands that you’ll never hear of. I’m in a show with Daniel Johnston in November 2007 and I like his music a lot.
q) Do you collect anything? If so what?
a)I’ve been collecting comics since I was 12,
q) What do you do for fun?
a)I read Science Fiction and I also spend a lot of time in nightclubs.
q) Any advice you can pass onto aspiring artists/designers?
a)If you want it enough you’ll get it.
q) Your contacts.
a) james.unsworth@alumni.rca.ac.uk
jamesunsworth.com
