Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Jeff Keen, Artist and Experimental Animator

Londoners put in your cultural agenda that next month you are going to see some films from Jeff Keen at the BFI.
Jeff Keen is a British visual artist who started experimenting with animation in the 60's (mixing collages, hand-drawn, stop frame, live action). His work is relevant and inspiring, with its very distinctive graphic quality, drawing inspiration from "cowboy films and b-movies, pulp novels, comics, and 50’s men’s magazines". Now in his eighties, Keen is still around and working (or re-working old pieces).
Here is a little clip to make you want to discover more.



Jeff Keen's Website
Link to the BFI's page