Storytellers Artist Talk - Perou in conversation with Charles Williams

An opportunity to explore Perou’s work, process, influences and overall artistic journey in conversation with Charles Williams in the context of the exhibition “Storytellers – Connecting through art: the power of stories”.

Note: Although this event is free, booking is required. Please click on the Bookings button in the sidebar to secure your ticket. You will be directed to a Ticketsource page for the booking process.

Perou, in his own words:

There is an expectation that as a fashionable photographer i am more interested in the superficial (look) of something, or some BODY ,
but i am primarily interested in what lies beneath,

i care about function over form:
personality over appearance.

i disagree with the premise that beauty is skin deep:
its impossible to be beautiful on the outside if the core is rotten (or boring)

There are too many photographers in the world,

and too many photographs.
i try to make work that stands out,
from the over-saturation: the bombardment of visual dross.
i aim for iconic images that will remain in your brain.

everywhere, every film, every song, every sunset, every 1970’s tv commercial, every news story, every THING is inspiration.

i love individuals and celebrate individualism.
I love unique
I love life

I love my wife
I love love

I hate herd mentality
I hate sheep (not the animals)
I hate conformity
I hate all religion
I hate that people have to write words about pictures
I hate anti-social medias
I hate hate

for everything that is mainstream and normal, there will always be an opposite:
the antithesis of usual
this is where you will find me.

Charles Williams is a British artist [also contributing to Storytellers] a former student at the Royal Academy Schools, a founder member of the notorious Stuckist art movement and the current President of the Royal Watercolour Society. He paints and also writes. He published ‘Basic Drawing: How To Draw What You See’ in September 2011 and the follow-up, ‘Basic Watercolour’ in July 2014 (Robert Hale, London).

• 3:00pm Everyone arrives.
• 3:10pm Talk
• 3:40pm Questions from the audience
• 4:00 Close