SPOTLIGHT: Clifford Owens
It’s that time again… we’re continuing our Black History Month series with a profile on the always controversial, Visual Artist, Clifford Owens.
Preferring the term Visual Artist over Performance Artist; Owen’s work is never dull, usually dealing with heavy issues of race, gender relationships and auto-eroticism - often leaving you to deal with/question his purposeful lack of emotional & physical control.
Like when I found myself confronted with his video work that dealt with different forms of abjection and how we deal or don’t deal with it. That’s all well and good - I was down to explore that until I was confronted with Owens gutting, fingering and doing all sorts of things to fruit that one couldn’t imagine unless one saw. Then it gets uncomfortable, then he takes you to that zone. He’s transforming a meaning, but can you bare to watch it unfold.
Owens claims no interest in the art world, “because the art world is not interesting,” his work has spurned new found interest in performance art. Here’s a link to a great ArtInfo article - 27 Questions with Clifford Owens.
Come follow us on Twitter today (@hahamag #spotlight) as we tweet links to Owens work online.
