Charles Devus
Writer, artist and performer Charles Devus is using DAO to blog about outsider and visual arts events in Brighton and beyond.
24 February 2012
The Aesthetics of Justin Sane
Justin Sane is finally taking shape. It has been dream since I was very young to tackle a graphic novel and it is finally coming into being. I owe so much to my friends and most especially to...Comments: 0
4 December 2011
Some further storyboarding for the graphic novel: Justin Sane
Justin Sane is a detective in the Human Bureau in Rowfontine. The Rowfontine is the magnificent capital of a mildly decadent empire of the same name. Justin Sane does not exist on the prosaic...Comments: 0
14 November 2011
Over Cream Grove - a play in the making...
Why must stories come to be? I am currently engaged in a number of projects. Justin Sane is paramount at the moment but there is plenty of writing. The Music of Division is one, and Mad Juffry and...Comments: 0
26 October 2011
A Child of Our Time
I suppose I owe a lot to fate. My parents were both artists. My mother was abusive and my father ran away in a cloud of vainglorious egomania. I learned a lot about Wagner, Nietzche and Platonic...Comments: 0
2 October 2011
A forthcoming book with Gallery Cru...
When I exhibited at the Impact Art Fair last May and was invited to Berlin I was also persuaded to appear in a book on artists and their work. The Berlin invite soon dissipated into nebulous muddle...Comments: 0
7 September 2011
The Ballad of Justin Sane
Back in May, I had a couple of pieces at the Creative Future stand at the Impact Art Fair and I was gratified that my work created a fair bit of interest. The story behind the series from which these...Comments: 0
29 August 2011
No news from Berlin...
In my first blog entry, I said that one of the things I would do would be to track whatever came of the offer by the Galleri Cru in Berlin to host an exhibition of my work in Germany, and of the...Comments: 0
6 August 2011
April is the Cruellest Month... Charles visits The Titanic exhibition at 02, London
When Colleen suggested visiting the Titanic exhibition in London I felt uneasy about the idea despite having an interest in the period and of ships and the sea. I don’t think I would have gone...Comments: 0
15 July 2011
Arts & Antiques Fair, Olympia
After the Impact Art Fair I took up an invitation to visit a friend in Germany and stayed there a week. My week in Germany back in May was not restful but I learned a lot in the Tuteburger Forest....Comments: 0
7 July 2011
Charles Devus becomes elevated...
I have been asked to provide an introduction, a few words or so about my self and what I intend to write about. When I am asked to encapsulate what I am supposed to be I always find it a bit...Comments: 0
1 July 2011
The Impact Arts Fair in Islington Thursday 19 May
To London for the Impact Art Fair - an exhibition produced by the Brighton-based organisation Creative Future who support disadvantaged artists. I caught the train to Victoria. Realised I didn't know...Comments: 0