James R Ford

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Joined: Sep 2009

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James R Ford is a British artist whose practice is engaged with pastimes, pursuits and obsessions. Ford delves into the activities and influences of his childhood as a way of both embarking and staying put. Exploring notions of repetition, boredom and idiocy with an overt sense of humour and pathos. His body of work consists of projects and investigations based around observations, process and play: focusing on drawing, assemblage, installation and film. He also utilises the Internet as a means of creating and disseminating ideas. Ford currently lives and works in Wellington (NZ).

Ford’s best known artwork, House Gymnastics, is an exceptional example of the artist’s knowledge and use of mass media to generate and distribute artwork. In 2002 Ford, with collaborator Spencer Harrison, created the faux fitness regime which started as an online project, developed a cult following, and became an internationally published book.