Week 10

Richard Layzell

"Richard aims to embody a diversity of skills and experience, many of which relate back to his own emerging practice as a student at the Slade School of Fine Art in the 1970s. His interests and areas of focus include: environmental and gender issues; architectural space; performativity; the gallery context; the nature of interior dialogue; experiential learning; expanding the audience for contemporary practice and exploring the public realm."

http://www.rescen.net/Richard_Layzell/r_layzell.html#.VQSAnY6sU9Y

http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/studios/richard-layzell/nggallery/page/2

Sadly I found it very hard to find much information on this piece of work but it was my favourite piece out of all the work he talked about. The image above is of an exhibition of a dialogue between Richard himself and Tania Koswycz, it was a very unusual concept; he essentially made Tania up and has this imaginary dialogue with her. 

After reflecting back on his work with an imaginary artist I think it is actually fascinating and amazing that he managed to keep up this façade for such a long time and so convincingly. 

Additional Notes: 

• Bailey Savage - not acting but inhabiting [taking on the persona].
• Max Hombre - [same as above].
• Tania Koswycz - Artist made her up [dialogue on postcards], see the above image.