So Clara (The Ginger) and I, did a quick and easy interview with him. Well how hard could five questions be?
1. The ice-breaker or calm down question of ours, if you could chose would you rather hug an honey badger or a grizzly bear?
Honey Badger [I did a happy dance in my seat about this ( Honey badger 2-Grizzly bear 3)] because
you can cradle it like a baby.
2. What is currently your biggest inspiration?
There was a few seconds pause before he answered, The Sea, Van Goghs' tragic life, Dali and fairy tales. The eccentricities of how life works and (I think the most current one) his own heritage as an Afrikaans person, the culture and the society of it.
3. Tell us about Spoons:
He is fascinated by spoons and the stories they have to tell. A spoon is an object that has been used so many times and so many hands have touched them as spoons are one of the most commonly used items. he loves found objects and up-cycling by giving new life into old things, his entry to the Sasol New Signatures art competition is evidence of this (pictured above), he likes giving almost human qualities to inanimate objects, a comment about the positive and the negative parts of society.
4. Favourite medium?
"Oil paint definitely, it has such a rich history in art. it is the motherboard or mafia of all art mediums. It is the rockstar of all mediums." Which is cool since John is an amazing glass artist as well.
5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
1 or 2 solo exhibitions as well as travelling around the world and hopefully lecturing art somewhere.
If you want to get a hold of John, he is on facebook. We will be following him and hopefully having more to do with him in the future.
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