Tutorial with David Howells

David asked whether we were merely going to be dividing up the work in our collaboration in a "Fordian" way (division of labour as in a car manufacturing plant or in an Old Master studio) or leaving room to build on previous ideas and reinterpret them (post- Fordian).  We convinced him that our project was definitely the latter.

The basic idea is that we each paint on one another's paintings (beginning, middle, end) - three paintings in all. Each person finds something in the previous work and "makes something of it".  The final result is not a foregone conclusion and would not be possible by a single person.

He suggested we look at other artists who have done this apart from the Old Masters. Suggestions were John Cage (read the essay "Silence") and  Louise Bourgeois and Tracy Emin (?).  New thought .... what about the Chapman Brothers?   How do they work? Fordian or post-Fordian?

Actions:  we need to define the rules/methods.  For example we could have a rule that the first painter only painted in light tones.  We may also need to limit our colour palette to make the end result harmonious.

What is the source material?  Daniel Richter/Peter Doig/Anselm Kiefer/per Kirkeby?

Mike