Studio 2, Chelsea Gate Studios, 115 Harwood Road This post may contain affiliate links. My Mother’s fingers are in full colour, in contrast to the black and white image, and in this sense feel like imposters of the image, like woodworm. Jonny Briggs's artworks, biography and articles. Jonny has 1 job listed on their profile. I am constantly trying to surprise myself with the work, to push myself into areas of myself I was previously unaware of. Our eight content pillars celebrate the finest in Culture, Style, Interiors, Property, Schools, Hotels & Travel, Food & Wine and Health & Wellbeing. I first studied Architecture, then moved to Art Foundation at Chelsea College. Conditioned Conviction (Revelation), 2019, Shoes to Walk up Stairs in an Orderly Fashion, 2017, Self portrait from surveillance camera, 2019. Instead of looking at what the person’s interest is, we’re drawn to the interest itself; where our interests come from, and why they are there. Order Disorder Disordered, 2016 – Jonny Briggs, This exhibition touches upon my interest in hands, and the familial domestic sphere. Roland Barthes spoke of how we can be bruised by a photograph; we acknowledge the impact, yet don’t always know where that impact comes from. There’s a steep technological development of photography, and spreading of its use, to the point where it is changing the way we see, think and behave. Often within the photographs, instead of looking at what the finger is pointing at, we are drawn to the pointing finger itself. We speak to the photographer about his work for the Saatchi Gallery’s 'From Selfie to Self-Expression' exhibition . I find the same about God. Central to British artist Jonny Briggs’s practice is the construction of family and his own childhood. Terms and Conditions /, © 2020 Country & Town House. I also like Carol Mavor, and material culture anthropologist Daniel Miller. London, SW6 4QL Tel: +44 20 7384 9011. Learn more. The Briggs family album, to which the artist often has recourse, is both a curse and a blessing: it certainly recalls momentary joys of childhood, but it also reminds Briggs of the role he was obliged to play in the ‘performances’ directed by his father. The hand becomes a surrogate face, yet censoring her face, hijacking her identity, like a parasite. View Jonny Briggs’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. In 1969, media critic Marshal McLuhan said ‘we shape our tools, then our tools shape us’ – this is relevant today. It’s a positive thing that more people have accessibility to pursue their ideas with photography. / Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement / Competition T&Cs / Although her glasses are visible, she can’t see through them, and appears almost pacified. Yet also, we point to direct someone else’s interest to our own interest. Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. On the one hand this may appear to be the accusational pointing finger of the parent or authority figure. Juno Calypso is making striking work and having great exposure at the moment. Most people I’ve showed the drawings to declare it as absurdist or just plain grotesque, yet I find it beautiful. It’s as if they are attempting to grasp or hold the image, yet in doing so, destruct it. Archisle; a 6-month art residency in Jersey, where I’m creating a new body of work on the island. Consuming a Grief That’s Yet to Come involves My Mother’s long nailed adult fingers penetrate an image of my father as a child. He primarily employs photography to recreate and reimagine relationships and memories from his past, casting his parents and other family members in his work. Central to British artist Jonny Briggs’s practice is the construction of family and his own childhood. Anyone can take photographs; though taking photographs doesn’t make you a photographer. Build my own house. Central to British artist Jonny Briggs’s practice is the construction of family and his own childhood. My mother’s body language reminds me of the gestures I’ve noticed in Priests. Studio 2, Chelsea Gate Studios, 115 Harwood Road, London, SW6 4QL Built by Hannah Johnson, Sign up to our newsletter I’m reminded of puppeteering; the hand of the puppeteer may be seen as a hand that controls; or on the other hand; a hand that guides. Country & Town House is the go-to destination for trusted, inspiring and uplifting content that will enhance your lifestyle wherever you live. My Father becomes my Mother; or vice versa. This can be used as a template to look at my work as a whole; I often create the ideas intuitively, then look back and piece together patterns of interests, in an opportunity to ask the question ‘what is my mind telling me?’, Consuming a Grief That’s Yet to Come, Jonny Briggs. I think back to the orders of my Christian upbringing, and the rituals we engaged in. for the best of C&TH, Country & Town House He primarily employs photography to recreate and reimagine relationships and memories from his past, casting his parents and other family members in his work. I’d love to own a piece by Paula Rego; I connect with the societal role reversals, and dichotomy between love and pain within her paintings. I was blown away by her BA show at LCC, where I’m an Associate Lecturer, to the point where I asked to buy one of her photographs. I stayed at Chelsea for my BA degree, then went on to the Royal College of Art for my Masters. I find an alluring awkwardness in the misalignment of the two photographs, that create a frustration of order/disorder. Briggs enjoys playing with notions of deception and construction, producing photographic collages with jarring, “artificial” additions reminiscent of John Baldessari. Eaten ‘hand cheese’ in Frankfurt; my partner and I both gagged. by … Here I felt like a kid in a sweet shop; so many machines and facilities, and I had so many ideas that I wanted to follow with each of them. I emailed Justin Hammond that evening to recommend Juno for the Catlin Guide and Prize. We speak to photographer Jonny Briggs about his work in the Saatchi Gallery’s current exhibition ‘From Selfie to Self-Expression’ (until 30 May) and how the age of smartphones affects the art of photography. We speak to the photographer about his work for the Saatchi Gallery’s 'From Selfie to Self-Expression' exhibition, This post may contain affiliate links. I loved mainly painters and sculptors, rather than photographers; Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, Annette Messager, Rene Magritte, Richard Dadd, Henry Darger. He primarily employs photography to recreate and reimagine relationships and memories from his past, casting his parents and other family members in his work. I imagine it to be a mixture of late Georgian architecture, a cob hobbit house, a windmill, a cave, a glass cube and a treehouse. Learn more. Switching from studying Architecture to Art Foundation at Chelsea College; I loved it, and connected with both the course and the people there. Now I find myself drawn to writers at the moment; psychoanalysts such as Darian Leader and Adam Phillips. My work took great leaps here, and I loved being around the passionate, intelligent minds of my tutors and peers, who I’m still in contact with now. From this course onwards I started exploring the socialized bubble of the family home, and my attempts to pop it. Artist Interview: Jonny Briggs. It does however, allow more people the opportunity to become photographers. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Jonny’s connections and jobs at similar companies. By blending reality and fiction, Briggs looks to explore the boundaries between child and adult within the nuclear family—in search of what he refers to as, “the unconditioned self,” a state of being in which one reflects on childhood through adult eyes. All rights reserved. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale. There is a motif of the pointing finger running throughout my work. Each piece of work feels like a clue. I love the dark humour, awkwardness and hopeless submission to socialized ideals of beauty and romanticism in her photographs.