| A variety of methods as to how the money and time for this commission might be used and audited were discussed between Bracey and MILL-WORKERS (see Initial Brief below). In the end the model selected was one in which he only used his commissioned time when he was physically working on the canvas; brush in one hand, stopwatch in the other. As stipulated in the contract this process was fully audited, Bracey also produced a statement/report about how he viewed the project.
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The artist was given an open brief providing that the work produced was consistent with his practice. Bracey took this literally and produced a series of nine oil painting, approximately six by four centimetres, of previous works from the last five years of this practice. A process he describes as a mini retrospective. In the event, of the nine paintings started two were completed properly and another two are considered finished in an unfinished state, the other five paintings were left uncompleted as the clock had ran down to zero. The lack of room for reflection in the timescale produced a recreation of past work - a metaphor of the bureaucratic process where the documentation of time spent is often the major required output. As with the commercial model in the first commission, this mimesis of a model of art production and distribution explores and critiques this model and how this affects the working process. Beer Money Commision #2 Contract For more work by Bracey see www.andrewbracey.com |
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