Yell At Me And I'll Do It

Name: Yell At Me And I'll Do It
ISBN: 979-8834750086

by Brett Ashby

Publisher

Independently published

Publication

Jun 09, 2022

Format

Paperback/Softback

Illustrated

Price

$42.99

Dimensions

5.25 x 8 x 0.57 in

ISBN

979-8834750086

ASIN

B0B36JJ9JZ

Pages

241

Age

Adult 18+

Rights Sold

*DropCap does not represent English Print language rights

Description

Australia's much-loved artist, Brett Ashby explores his contemporary artistic journey of art therapy through twelve years of commissioned public and performance artwork paintings, recognising and surviving cancer along the way.

Ashby believes his artistic expression is about sharing energy and creating sound when in a public space. It is always equal, for both the pupils, site, and the facilitator; everything grows. His portfolio is rich with illustrative case material with feature projects, sample drawings, and other photographic content from London, Europe, Australia to the worlds largest public art fair in Times Square, New York.

'The best therapy you will ever have, is the one that is enforced by you - making your mark, when you most need it,' Brett Ashby.

Ashby looks closely at the positive psychology present in the public art making process and collaborative healing properties exchanged through workshops. Communicating the local voice across time and place, you can enjoy and reflect on the benefits in reading this book. Art therapy is one of the best vehicles that you can use to discover the truth for yourself, your community and your family.

It is a visual story that will resonate with everyone who asks that questions, "what is art therapy?", "why make art", and "what is the Universe?". Since the oldest times people have believed that angels send us messages in the form of numbers and other things; Ashby shines a little light on what happens when you follow the signs and not your mind.

"My public murals capture and communicate the internal voice of my pupils and culture shared through community engagement. The colours in the art align with colour therapy, art therapy and offering healing properties. I draw on experiences not only as an artist, but also as a patient."

Author(s)

Brett Ashby

Brett Ashby is a multidisciplinary artist, performer, director and author from Naarm, Australia. His boundless chameleon artistry across multimedia visual art, performative public art, and sound has framed Ashby as an prodigious figure in the experimental film/ art world.
Ashby is recognisable for his unique methods of practice employing a skateboard as a tool to paint stemming from his public art exhibition defacing his van on Bondi Beach to employing famous faces into his aura painting practice including Sarah McLeod, Mick Harvey, Coolio, Michael Jackson, and Barack Obama (which is displayed in the White House). Along with participating in community public art commissions and engaging in residency programs with institutions including Pentridge Prison, Ashby has contributed to the artistic landscape through being the first Australian to exhibit at the world’s largest public art festival, Cube Art Fair in both Miami (Art Basel) and New York (Frieze Art), where he made groundbreaking strides in the NFT sphere with works Frequency and Always Neo, exhibited at Venezia Biennale, in 2022, Crypto Art Island, Gibraltar, The Other Art Fair in London, Kunst Museum, Liechtenstein, and was an award recipient in the Lift-Off Film Festival in Tokyo and Best Experimental Film, Moscow Russia International Film Festival a