The Faux Naive #1

Robin Cameron and Niall McClelland

The Faux Naive is an academic label that has been placed upon relevant artists working on the periphery of the contemporary art world. The work is raw, human awkward & self conscious.

Within design we see the beauty in imperfection and the power of rawness. We are finding grace in the everyday, the banal. Design is not a rarefied discipline; it is something that occurs all around us. Honest design is not always found on a pedestal, sometimes it is in the gutter. Rawness expresses the appropriate vehicle for design is uncertain, imperfect and crude. We are reflecting where we are coming from; not separating design and life.

We are using the setting of the neighbourhood to show that design exists in the everyday, that it is human and is what surrounds us. It is a place familiar yet still uncomfortable. It is a source of inspiration. The exposure to design happens everyday it is not separate from our lifestyle.

We are aware of what it means to make design imperfect and awkward, reflective of where we see it most; within our own neighbourhoods. We are participating in modern design, using the vernacular of the now.

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