Daniel's Liberation

18 September 2009

21 year old art student Daniel Alder has submitted an excellent and highly provocative piece for this year's Art Liberating Lives.

When asked about his submission Daniel told us that "a study into gay masculinity led me from pillar to post around the subject of sex. The deepest and most natural needs each individual holds within them are consciously hidden; ‘Self' expresses the natural desires of people, by confronting the viewer with a bold and active pose. Francis Bacon's archetypal blurred faces, extracts the physical identity of the subjects without removing personality. This forming the foundation of ‘Self', I continued to push the idea further by thrusting the body towards the viewer: in a similar manner to Jenny Seville's earlier work".

Daniel decided to take part in the campaign after being enticed by the theme of liberation. Daniel found that he was liberated when he came out as an openly gay male. He said "fulfilled with new found confidence as to who and what I am, due to constant family and community support, I am able to liberate myself via my work by creating such provocative pieces as "Self". However I am not alone in my journey, as my more than supportive mother has progressed with me every step of the way. Moving from a dead end secretarial job to a career in a CLS care home, she too has followed her heart and is now living out her passion for care work. Constantly inundated with stories of the elderly people she works with, each suffering from long-term conditions such as Dementia and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, I too feel like I know them and can't help but care."

We love Daniel and his work and have our fingers firmly crossed that the selection panel put his piece forward for the exhibition.

Best of luck Daniel!

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Sue Ryder

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