ARTISTS : SASHA SOKOLOV
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EXHIBITIONS AT ZIEHERSMITH

Sasha Sokolov, 2012

SASHA SOKOLOV BIO
1977
Born near Liverpool, UK


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Sasha Sokolov, ZieherSmith, New York

I'm 33, born near Liverpool in England, I've never studied art formally or had an exhibition…
My work is all on A4 paper, drawn with the same 8b pencil. The paper size is simply out of convenience, I travel a lot and want to see what I can get out of myself with the same constraints over a long period and it is available anywhere.

My method is very simple, I sit down to draw and whatever comes out comes out. I believe in chance and the subconscious. I try to work as quickly as possible so as to surprise myself and be as less aware of what I am drawing as I can be. Yes the images are rough, this is intentional, I am interested in what falls, vomits, pisses, or 'comes' out of my mind. I am not trying to create carefully worked and contrived pieces…. The work should be taken as a whole, an ongoing stream of consciousness. -Sasha