Interview with Jaybo

Hi, Can you introduce yourself for us? (Where you from etc...)

my name is jaybo , imigrate frenchman in Berlin since 86. i am older than I thought.





What's your background? Art school? Self learner? Art for Dummies?

actually my school is life , i am a self learner never had to do with

any artschool or similar, i did a lot of jobs in my early years ,

going with the wind , washing dishes in restaurant , street theater

perf, everything i could made a penny from . then in 94 starting some

business and get concrete with doing some companies , Style and the

Family Tunes and Iriedaily. since 2 years trying to make my way threw

galleries.





How will you describe your art for somebody who doesn't know your

stuff?

One of the main things about my work is the fight against

prejudices and pre maid ideas. about first looks and wrong

consequences, about giving a second chance and about trying to be

open to the unknown. i use distortions as symbol for the movement

from the inside to the outside of a body . i use sharp and unsharp

as a symbol of distance beetween you and my raw feeling. i use the

white untouched background of a canvas to show the spontaneity of

an accidental meeting.





What are your favourite materials to work with?

well all what i can found , because the material is the essence of

my work . i love to experiment. i am not interested in the final

product but in the different mistakes during the making. i Think

mistakes are the only way to get farther , to evoluate and to go some

stepps forward.



How long does it take you to produce a piece? Do you start out with

a sketchbook or do you freehand all the way?

i t takes a long pre time , before i get the canvas done . the fact

itself goes quiet pretty fast , but that depends on what happens at

the moment , some happy accidents with the piece can bring extra time

of no satisfaction. so the real answer would be- i don t know. i

think my piece are never ready.... i am constantly drawing on

sketchbook, but what i bring on canvas or in the street are more some

souvenirs from those sketchbooks . everything stays in a free

impulsive ways. sometimes good sometimes not.





Where do you get your inspiration from?

from everydaylife , from my family , from words in a song ,from the

old masters , and from all of the things who are at the the wrong

place and at the wrong time





Do you paint/draw/work outside sometimes? Where can we see your stuff?

yes i do . mostly in berlin in some backyard , but i am more active

when i am outside the city , i prefer the work with nature . i am

quiet too old now to get it with the cops, i dont want to run no more =)





Who influence you the most, any favourite artist(s)?

francis bacon, Leonardo da vinci, adam neate , matt small. andy

Goldsworthy, modigliani, tom waits, marcel duschamps ,anthony

lister, kill pixie, i can write thousands of name right now...........





Living as an artist is sometimes difficult financially, any part

time job?

how right that is. i am happely co running two companies , which

helps to go around the month, but berlin is a cheap town so i am not

so in trouble like people in Paris or london





What do you think of the current "Street Art" movement?

too much wind around this. i dont see any differences beetween

Banksy and jeff koons or other established artist . the word artist

got the same taste like the word Politician they are not necessarily

representing what they were created for.

same with the word street art



Best Gallery in the world? and why?

the street. because art should not be made for an elite but for

mankind. and true art doesnt cost nothing .





Best City to paint outside? and why?

any city where you are. all cities are in need of visual

confrontations, maybe berlin got an extra point for easypainting outside



Beer and Fag or Tea and Biscuit?

what about some beer tea and fag biscuits.

dont smoke dont drink but love good food.





What are your plans in the near future? Any upcoming exhibitions?

holidays and nature hanging in portugal.

Seoul , Museum of art group show exchange beetween south korea and

berlin

preparation of the next show for StolenSpace in January called "eye

of the hurricane" will be a disertation on nature