Samantha Redfern Dismisses The Idea That Artists Should Struggle
"Art has been a part of my life and education for as long as I can remember. I never want to stop learning and developing the practice." ? Samantha Redfern
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Doing art is a job that society should come to terms with as artist Samantha Redfern explains in this interview. For the Singapore-based creative, every job has a purpose and dabbling in the artistic realm has its merits too. And that is to conjure up emotions that have since been bottled up ? especially so in the Asian culture where revealing feelings is frowned upon. Redferns seeks to incite these dormant sentiments through her artworks. To her, if the world is void of artists, it would become a “categorically boring society”.
Ahead is an interview with the burgeoning artist, where she shares with us through her creative process and… her favourite museums in Singapore.
You were born in the UK where you studied (BA Hons in Fine Art ) and for family reasons you are now based in Singapore. Tell us about your background and where your creative journey began"
My father is an artist so I was always surrounded by art books and artworks when I was a child. The schools I went to, even from an early age, really encouraged creative expression and my parents also encouraged me to be creative. My parents never plotted...
The post Samantha Redfern Dismisses The Idea That Artists Should Struggle appeared first on LUXUO.
Credit: Nadhir Zainal/AIRISU; Makeup: Glowdoll
Doing art is a job that society should come to terms with as artist Samantha Redfern explains in this interview. For the Singapore-based creative, every job has a purpose and dabbling in the artistic realm has its merits too. And that is to conjure up emotions that have since been bottled up ? especially so in the Asian culture where revealing feelings is frowned upon. Redferns seeks to incite these dormant sentiments through her artworks. To her, if the world is void of artists, it would become a “categorically boring society”.
Ahead is an interview with the burgeoning artist, where she shares with us through her creative process and… her favourite museums in Singapore.
You were born in the UK where you studied (BA Hons in Fine Art ) and for family reasons you are now based in Singapore. Tell us about your background and where your creative journey began"
My father is an artist so I was always surrounded by art books and artworks when I was a child. The schools I went to, even from an early age, really encouraged creative expression and my parents also encouraged me to be creative. My parents never plotted...
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