Hotunan Mindy Lee suna amfani da ƙima don bincika canza labarun tarihin rayuwa da abubuwan tunawa.An haifi Mindy a Bolton, UK kuma ya sauke karatu daga Royal College of Art a 2004 tare da MA a cikin Painting.Tun lokacin da ta kammala karatun ta, ta gudanar da nune-nunen nune-nunen solo a Perimeter Space, Griffin Gallery da Jerwood Project Space a Landan, da kuma a cikin kungiyoyi da dama.An gudanar da shi a ko'ina cikin duniya, ciki har da makarantar koyon fasaha ta kasar Sin.
"Ina son yin amfani da acrylic Paint.Yana da m da daidaitawa tare da wadataccen launi.Ana iya shafa shi kamar launin ruwa, tawada, mai ko sassaka.Babu tsari na aikace-aikacen, jin daɗin bincika. "
Za a iya gaya mana kadan game da tarihin ku da yadda kuka fara?
Na girma a cikin dangin ƙwararrun masana kimiyya a Lancashire.A koyaushe ina so in zama mai zane-zane kuma na zagaya tare da ilimin fasaha na;ya kammala kwas na tushe a Manchester, BA (Painting) a Cheltenham da Kwalejin Gloucester, sannan ya yi hutu na shekaru 3, sannan Master of Arts (Painting) a Royal College of Art.Sannan na ɗauki biyu ko uku (wani lokaci huɗu) ayyuka na ɗan lokaci yayin da har yanzu da taurin kai na haɗa aikin fasaha na a cikin rayuwar yau da kullun.A halin yanzu ina zaune kuma ina aiki a London.
Za ku iya gaya mana kadan game da ayyukanku na fasaha?
Ayyukan fasaha na ya samo asali tare da abubuwan da na samu.Na fi amfani da zane da zane don bincika ayyukan iyali na yau da kullun, al'adu, abubuwan tunawa, mafarkai da sauran labarun ciki da mu'amala.Suna da wani yanayi mai ban mamaki na zamewa tsakanin wata jiha da wata, kuma saboda jiki da wurin a buɗe suke, koyaushe akwai yuwuwar samun canji.
Kuna tuna kayan fasaha na farko da aka ba ku ko siyan ku?Menene kuma har yanzu kuna amfani dashi a yau?
Sa’ad da nake ɗan shekara 9 ko 10, mahaifiyata ta bar ni in yi amfani da fentin mai.Ina ji kamar na girma!Ba na amfani da mai a yanzu, amma har yanzu ina son yin amfani da ƴan goge gogenta
Shin akwai kayan fasaha da kuke son amfani da su musamman kuma menene kuke so game da shi?
Ina so in yi aiki da acrylic paints.Yana da m da kuma daidaita tare da arziki pigmentation.Ana iya shafa shi kamar launin ruwa, tawada, zanen mai ko sassaka.Ba a kayyade odar aikace-aikacen ba, zaku iya bincika kyauta.Yana kula da layukan da aka zana da ƙwanƙolin gefuna, amma kuma yana watsewa da kyau.Yana da bouncy kuma yana da lokacin bushewa mai ban sha'awa… menene ba so?
A matsayin darektan fasaha na Cibiyar Kiɗa da Kayayyakin Kayayyakin Kayayyakin Bryce, kuna gudanar da zane-zane da ilimin fasaha yayin da kuke ci gaba da aikin fasahar ku, ta yaya kuke daidaita su biyun?
Ina da horo sosai game da lokacina da kaina.Na raba mako na zuwa takamaiman ɓangarorin aiki, don haka wasu ranaku studio ne wasu kuma Blyth.Ina mai da hankali kan aikina akan bangarorin biyu.Kowa yana da lokacin da yake buƙatar ƙarin lokacina, don haka akwai bayarwa da karɓa tsakanin.An ɗauki shekaru don koyon yadda ake yin wannan!Amma yanzu na sami kari mai daidaitawa wanda ke aiki da ni.Hakanan mahimmanci, saboda aikin kaina da Cibiyar Bryce, shine ɗaukar ɗan lokaci don tunani da tunani da ba da damar sabbin ra'ayoyi su bayyana.
Kuna jin ayyukan curatorial suna tasiri aikin fasahar ku?
Lallai.Curating babbar dama ce don koyo game da wasu ayyuka, saduwa da sababbin masu fasaha, da ƙara zuwa bincike na kan duniyar fasaha ta zamani.Ina son ganin yadda fasaha ke canzawa lokacin da aka haɗa tare da aikin wasu masu fasaha.Bayar da lokacin haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu ayyuka da ayyukan mutane a zahiri yana shafar aikina.
Ta yaya zama uwa ya yi tasiri a aikin fasaha na ku?
Zama mahaifiya ya canza asali kuma ya ƙarfafa aikina.Yanzu ina aiki da hankali kuma ina bin hanjina.Ina tsammanin ya kara min kwarin gwiwa.Ba ni da lokaci mai yawa don jinkiri a kan aikina, don haka sai na fi mayar da hankali da kuma kai tsaye kan batun da tsarin samarwa.
Za a iya gaya mana game da zanen riguna masu gefe biyu?
Ɗana ne ya yi waɗannan lokacin yana ƙarami.Sun samo asali ne daga ƙwarewar tarbiyyar da nake da ita.Na kirkiro zane-zane masu tsayi don amsawa da kuma saman zanen ɗana.Suna bincika abubuwan yau da kullun da al'adunmu yayin da muke canzawa daga matasan zuwa ɗaiɗaiku.Yin amfani da tufafi azaman zane yana ba su damar taka rawar gani wajen nuna yadda jikinmu ke canzawa.(Raunin jiki na a lokacin ciki da bayan ciki da tufafin da yarana masu girma suka watsar.)
Me kuke yi a studio yanzu?
Jerin ƙananan zane-zanen siliki mai haske wanda ke bincika duniyar ciki ta ƙauna, asara, bege da sabuntawa.Ina cikin wani yanayi mai ban sha'awa inda sabbin abubuwa ke neman faruwa, amma ban tabbatar da menene ba, don haka babu abin da aka gyara kuma aikin yana canzawa, yana ba ni mamaki.
Kuna da kayan aikin dole a cikin ɗakin studio ɗinku waɗanda ba za ku iya rayuwa ba tare da su ba?Yaya kuke amfani da su kuma me yasa?
Gogana riging dina, tsumma da yayyafawa.Goga yana haifar da layi mai mahimmanci kuma yana riƙe da adadi mai kyau na fenti don tsayin motsi.Ana amfani da tsumma don shafa da cire fenti, kuma mai fenti yana jika saman ta yadda fentin zai iya yi da kansa.Ina amfani da su tare don ƙirƙirar ruwa tsakanin ƙarawa, motsawa, cirewa da sake nema.
Shin akwai wasu ayyuka na yau da kullun a cikin ɗakin studio ɗinku waɗanda ke sa ku mai da hankali yayin da kuke fara ranarku?
Ina gudu daga makaranta ina tunanin abin da zan yi a studio.Na yi shayarwa kuma na sake duba shafina na sketchpad inda nake da hotuna masu sauri da shawarwari don yin dabaru.Sai kawai na shiga na manta da shayin da nake yi kullum sai naji sanyi.
Me kuke sauraro a cikin studio?
Na fi son ɗakin studio shiru don in mai da hankali kan abin da nake aiki akai.
Menene mafi kyawun shawarar da kuka samu daga wani mai zane?
Paul Westcombe ya ba ni wannan shawarar lokacin da nake ciki, amma shawara ce mai kyau kowane lokaci."Lokacin da lokaci da sarari suka iyakance kuma aikin studio ɗinku yana da alama ba zai yiwu ba, daidaita ayyukan ku don yin aiki a gare ku."
Shin kuna da wasu ayyuka na yanzu ko masu zuwa waɗanda kuke so ku raba tare da mu?
Ina fatan baje koli a Wuraren Mata a Ko'ina, wanda Boa Swindler da Infinity Bunce suka kirkira a Stoke Newington Library Gallery yana buɗewa a kan Maris 8, 2022. Ina kuma farin cikin raba cewa zan nuna sabon aikina na Silk Works, a nunin solo a Portsmouth Art Space a 2022.
Don ƙarin koyo game da aikin Mindy, zaku iya ziyartar gidan yanar gizon ta anan ko nemo ta akan Instagram @mindylee.me.Dukkan hotuna na ladabi na mai zane
Lokacin aikawa: Janairu-19-2022