{"title":"Know More by Sean Crawford","description":"\u003cp\u003eSean Crawford has always been interested in the urban landscape and the natural\u003cbr\u003eworld - specifically, our human interaction with the built environment. He believes it\u003cbr\u003eis part of an artist’s job to critique and provoke dialogue. In doing this, his aim is to\u003cbr\u003eturn the banality of an object into a statement - one that pulls us back into our\u003cbr\u003ehumanity - from the starkness of our man-made surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrawford also has a fascination with graffiti as a form of social commentary - as the\u003cbr\u003eaction of this, at times, subversive art form often calls ‘the system’ into question.\u003cbr\u003eWhether it be Keith Haring’s early subway graffiti art or the urban-style tagger\u003cbr\u003emaking a name by the prolific nature of their bombing, it is the statement art of the\u003cbr\u003eunderdog that appeals to him. Fast forward to the likes of Banksy, where the act\u003cbr\u003enow transcends vandalism and becomes ‘ART’ - and the juxtaposition of this, where\u003cbr\u003esociety tries to make a commodity from this subversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrawford uses his formal design background to take the idea of a utilitarian object\u003cbr\u003eand flip it into the state of KNOW MORE. With this phrase actually having been\u003cbr\u003etattooed onto his knuckles, his intention is for KNOW MORE to be a reminder for him\u003cbr\u003e- and others - to constantly question everything. As with many of Crawford’s works,\u003cbr\u003ethe viewer is asked to consider something they know and accept about an object and\u003cbr\u003eits function. Then Crawford challenges that act of taking the accepted (at times also\u003cbr\u003ethe banal) and alters its meaning. This is often done by changing the makeup of its\u003cbr\u003esurface to carry a new, or different, message.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe believes these new objects remind us of our humanity, as well as keeping our\u003cbr\u003econnection to nature. Crawford feels too often the urban world attempts to bury\u003cbr\u003ethis relationship, and in doing so, risks rendering us ‘part of the machine’. That is the\u003cbr\u003econcept that he offers with these pieces. By seeking to always KNOW MORE,\u003cbr\u003eCrawford believes the connection between ourselves, our environment, and nature\u003cbr\u003estrengthens - rather than the opposite reality, where the connection risks becoming\u003cbr\u003e‘NO’ MORE....\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"know-more-nature-of-surveillance","title":"KNOW MORE - NATURE OF SURVEILLANCE","description":"\u003cp\u003eChatham Island Forget-me-not (Коракора) Security camera - 1 of 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaser cut stainless steel design, stainless steel extrusion with powder - coat render.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe offer a fully insured, professional art shipping service within New Zealand for only $95.00 NZD through our partners Pack \u0026amp; Send. We also offer a range of finance options to spread your payments anywhere from 3 to 36 months. 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