Amy Sol to speak at Perth Semi-Permanent
We’re big fans of the work of American illustrator, Amy Sol. So we were excited to hear that she’s winging over to Australia as a guest speaker at this year’s Perth Semi-Permanent, which is taking place on April 8. We asked her what she was expecting to find on her first visit to the country: ‘I’ve always wanted to visit. I loved to look at National Geographic articles about Australia when I was growing up and always hoped to actually visit someday. I don’t have any expectations at this point. I’m just looking forward to seeing the cities, maybe some wildlife, and perhaps meeting some cool people’. Can you give us a sneaky window into what you’ll be talking about at Semi-Permanent? ‘Well, you’ll have to actually be there to find out because I’m no good at curriculums! I’m really excited and nervous but that is obsolete in comparison to how grateful I am for even being invited. I just want to share what I can with the audience and hopefully offer some insight to the artists or interested people attending’. You are exhibiting pretty regularly. And you draw a lot of girls. What is it about the female form that you particularly like capturing? ‘Yeah. I like to draw girls. I often attach personal metaphors to my characters, but they will vary greatly with each work’. Who are the artists that are inspiring you at the moment? ‘Range Murata, Kay Nielsen, and other “golden age” illustrators’.
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Our friends over at Semi-Permanent, which is the biggest annual design conference in Australia, have given us five double passes to give away to the Perth leg of the event on April 8. So if you’re a Lost At E Minor subscriber, and you want to attend, or if you’re not yet a subscriber but sign up now, leave a message under this post with why you want to go along and we’ll randomly select five lucky winners of the passes, which are valued at $300 each, on April 1st. [read an interview with Amy Sol, one of the guest speakers at Semi-Permanent Perth this year]
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Ana said | 7 March, 2008
!! Beautiful Art.
tomasz said | 22 March, 2008
i would love to see the photpgraphers speak.-it woud be such an inspirational experience.
hope i win.
tomasz said | 22 March, 2008
and i do know how to spell photographers.
and i also know how to spell Perth.
Morgan said | 25 March, 2008
Is that a kangaroo in the first illustration?
I’d love to attend semi-permanent and hear Amy and other artists/designers etc. I’m always looking for foreign inspiration in my own work, and to have some of the best from around the world in Perth would be heaps good.
Big ups to design is kinky and all the organizers for bringing this to perth!
Lost At E Minor: Music, illustration, art, photography and more » Bright neon payphone said | 19 June, 2008
[...] about it all too much. Time for a lie down I think. And a few moments of silence. [illustration by Amy Sol] time savedtime [...]
Angelo Sotiro said | 13 August, 2008
Amy Sol is one of the hottest emerging artists on the market. I first learned about her after reading an interview she did with Brian Sherwin for the Myartspace Blog at http://www.myartspace.com/interviews. She is probably still on that list if you want to check it out. They also have interviews with Sas Christian, Alex Grey and other artists that are considered underground or pop surrealists.
Phoebe said | 4 March, 2009
I’m studying interior design but not yet have any background in art and design. It’s always something that I’m very fascinated about though and I would love to have this opportunity to learn something new something inspiring…
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arts arts. said | 7 March, 2008
Have a good one in Australia Amy! Take lots of photos
. I’d enjoy seeing videos of your speaking too. I love your art, best to you