Wednesday 31 January 2018

International Postcard Exhibition


Myself with my artworks
First exhibition of the year - the International Postcard Show at Surface Gallery, Nottingham.

Tuesday 30 January 2018

Interrogation #2

Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 
Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 
Interrogation #2, Chaz Howkins, 2018, toilet
seat and acrylic on canvas 
Another interactive work portraying a queer experience of using a public gendered space such as a bathroom.

Thursday 25 January 2018

Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on canvas
A slightly larger than usual painting from my palette scraps series.

Wednesday 24 January 2018

Interrogation in situ

Interrogation (in situ)
An experiment to see how the artwork would look placed atop a real toilet - perhaps in future I could create these portraits with slogans as stickers to be stuck under the lids of public toilets as a form of activism. 

Tuesday 16 January 2018

Interrogation (detail)

Interrogation (detail), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid 
Interrogation (detail), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid
Close up shots of Interrogation showing the detail of the text scratched into the toilet lid.  The text is quotes from experiences of gender non-conforming people in public bathrooms.

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Interrogation

Installation view
Installation view 
Interrogation, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on scratched toilet seat and lid
A self portrait painted on the underside of a toilet seat lid.  The artwork should be positioned closed on top of a plinth so that the audience has to interact with it to reveal the painting.  Once the lid is opened the audience should then notice the text scratched into the lid around the portrait which can only be seen up close.  The text is a series of phrases which have been said to myself or other gender non conforming people while using the women's bathroom.