John Richard McConnochie
Offerings
Asemic, Concrete and Visual Poetry
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Bios:
John Richard McConnochie was born and raised in Liverpool U.K. where he studied illustration and graphic design at Hugh Baird College. His early years as an artist were spent travelling and painting in various countries throughout Europe. 1974 was the year he held his first solo exhibition in the county library in Lancashire England and from then to now he has held a dozen other solo exhibitions. In 1974 John left England to live in Australia and in 1982 he opened Focus Arts Studio andGallery in Sydney, where he began teaching. He was awarded the Mosman Art Prize - a major Australian Exhibition in 1986 and his career blossomed from this point. |
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Since the 1980’s his work has been included in a number of major international exhibitions including:
1986 - The Pacific Forum Exhibition, Fiji
1987 - The Australian Bicentennial Exhibition, Landell Gallery, Carmel, USA
2009 - Controversy and Acclaim Exhibition, Mosman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 - Shakespeare’s 450’” Anniversary Exhibition, travelling various Russian cities
2018 - International Asemic Exhibition. Minnesota Museum of Illustration. USA
2020 - ‘Nevermore’ (Mai Piu) Non Violence to Women Exhibition, Studio D’Arts Bologna Italy 2021 - ‘Nevermore’ Centro Culturale Venturini, Massa, Italy
John is an enthusiastic arts facilitator, teaching constantly since 1982 at various colleges and studios along the Australian East Coast. He is an active administrator of various online galleries including Asemic - The New Post literate, Vispro and Experimental Comics. Now at 73 years he is constantly active in all areas of the arts and his flame burns bright.
To request info for purchase please contact John at:
johnliverbird53@gmail.com
Synopsis
The underlying factor that I try to surpass in my work is that we as human beings are separated by different languages as each nation relies on their own to communicate which separates it from the whole! I have been seeking to find a more universal way of opening up communication between people of different races; after all we are all human being. The opportunity that Asemic Post Literate images and Concrete Poetry provide for me is the possibility to do just this. They communicate with everyone. The works have no inherent meaning, they are in fact Visual poems, which allow the viewer to create their own narrative, therefore providing each and everyone an equal opportunity to share the images, whatever their nationality. In this way through my work, I overcome the boundaries that separate us.
1986 - The Pacific Forum Exhibition, Fiji
1987 - The Australian Bicentennial Exhibition, Landell Gallery, Carmel, USA
2009 - Controversy and Acclaim Exhibition, Mosman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 - Shakespeare’s 450’” Anniversary Exhibition, travelling various Russian cities
2018 - International Asemic Exhibition. Minnesota Museum of Illustration. USA
2020 - ‘Nevermore’ (Mai Piu) Non Violence to Women Exhibition, Studio D’Arts Bologna Italy 2021 - ‘Nevermore’ Centro Culturale Venturini, Massa, Italy
John is an enthusiastic arts facilitator, teaching constantly since 1982 at various colleges and studios along the Australian East Coast. He is an active administrator of various online galleries including Asemic - The New Post literate, Vispro and Experimental Comics. Now at 73 years he is constantly active in all areas of the arts and his flame burns bright.
To request info for purchase please contact John at:
johnliverbird53@gmail.com
Synopsis
The underlying factor that I try to surpass in my work is that we as human beings are separated by different languages as each nation relies on their own to communicate which separates it from the whole! I have been seeking to find a more universal way of opening up communication between people of different races; after all we are all human being. The opportunity that Asemic Post Literate images and Concrete Poetry provide for me is the possibility to do just this. They communicate with everyone. The works have no inherent meaning, they are in fact Visual poems, which allow the viewer to create their own narrative, therefore providing each and everyone an equal opportunity to share the images, whatever their nationality. In this way through my work, I overcome the boundaries that separate us.
Artist Statement:
It is all an experiment. All is process, flux.
I cross the lines, covering various paradigms of Asemic, Concrete and Visual Poetry. I drift into pure textural experiments, yet often in the making, there are radical shifts, chance collisions, gatherings and the pieces evolve with a life of their own. The images, a reflection of the zeitgeist - a diary of visual language, direct at times and obscure at others, with the works reflecting various modes and times of the making. As places dwelt, they are in the past, while we continue in the flow.
It is all an experiment. All is process, flux.
I cross the lines, covering various paradigms of Asemic, Concrete and Visual Poetry. I drift into pure textural experiments, yet often in the making, there are radical shifts, chance collisions, gatherings and the pieces evolve with a life of their own. The images, a reflection of the zeitgeist - a diary of visual language, direct at times and obscure at others, with the works reflecting various modes and times of the making. As places dwelt, they are in the past, while we continue in the flow.