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I've always liked Grigley as an artist. I like that he has used his platform to talk about the experience of deafness. What interests me also is the collecting of conversations. Some of these conversations are long and drawn out and others are short and too the point. Often they show diagrams and illustrations. It;s interesting how he presents communicators with a challenge, a challenge that they might not be comfortable with but it is that discomfort they must overcome to have a conversation. I enjoy the idea of all these archived moments in the artist's life that he can look and reflect back on, some of which might be painful others might bring joy

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Artist page for Joseph Grigely (born 1956)

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This is some of the bits that I collect, the majority of them are postcards. I collect because I like to hold onto pieces of the past and keep memories from places I've been and of the people I know. Here are band posters, stickers, beer coasters, postcards, photographs, tickets and playing cards.

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It's funny, I've been looking at the more medical side of collecting and even on my casual wanderings I gravitate towards skulls and hearts

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One of my favourite places to visit in london, there's always something new to look at there. Collections of art work, graffiti and when I went in the summer, these padlocks that couples had chained to the fence.

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These are observational drawings of an interesting display case, followed by a cat fetus and a skeleton named 'Mr Jeffs' I drew the originals in pencil and then added on top coloured pastel pencil.

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This is one of my observational sketvhes from the royal college of surgeons, these where main arteries that where dyed with ink and printed onto wood forming these incredible woodblock prints. My drawing does not do it justice!

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I collect
1.Postcards
2.Ticket Stubbs
3.Wristbands
4.Photographs
5.Drawings

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Grigley is a deaf artist who collects conversations with non signing people. These conversations range from deep discussions around politics to drawings of Adirondack chairs and gossiping. Grigley creates installations with these conversations and displays them in gallery spaces, the walls hum with conversation.

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A collection of thoughts and ideas relating to my FMP theme.

Here I have considered the Artist as a collector, and have looked at the collections that artists make outside their work and also within their work. I have also looked at collections that I have visited and considered as well what we can collect, ranging from medical instruments, to art, to animals and finally to peoples data. Whats also interesting is the moral implications of some of these collections, whether it was right to actually collect them.
And I've also thought about why we might collect things, for sentimental value? Or to show our own dominance over other cultures as can be seen in victorian collections.