Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire draws New York from memory
Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 29th October 2009
at 12:52
I did like this, thank you for sharing!
Elena Goodrum
Community Manager
talk about autism
Posted by
michaelz
on 4th May 2010
at 09:46
in the back of the sunday times magazine.
a day in the life of stephen.
the times's web sites are about to go behind a pay wall so anyone wanting to save the text had better do so now.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article7111462.ece
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here's another autistic artist : michael gonyea
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/04/23/life/doc4bd10b5b50c4b936146018.txt
wish i could draw.
i came bottom of the class in art but i'm sure if someone had taught me properly i could at least have mastered the basics and then who knows...
Posted by
michaelz
on 5th May 2010
at 10:21
i'm a lark not an owl.
by the time evening arrives i'm ready for bed!! ;)
Posted by
michaelz
on 6th May 2010
at 10:39
in fact, i think it would be a good idea for at least some theatre/movie/ballet performances, lectures etc to be scheduled early in the morning.
07.00 hours would be a good time to attend a cultural venue IMO when one is mentally alert.
people who work for a living must be especially exhausted at the end of the day.
Josie, it's probably too late for me for me to acquire drawing skills.
Posted by
michaelz
on 20th July 2010
at 10:22
according to an article in the london evening standard "he doesn't know he's autistic". ??????
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23856368-views-of-stephen-wiltshires-london.do
Posted by
damo73
on 20th July 2010
at 10:52
By the sounds of it, he struggles to conceptualise what that means. I like his work though + he seems like a nice guy from what I have seen.
Damian - Community Champion
Posted by
michaelz
on 25th July 2011
at 09:33
NOT TO be outdone on the art front, UBS yesterday unveiled a giant billboard by British artist Stephen Wiltshire that will be displayed in the arrivals hall at New York’s JFK airport to promote the bank’s “we will not rest” slogan.
Wiltshire sketched the Manhattan scene from memory over three days after taking a helicopter ride around the island, and UBS was quick to draw parallels between the artist’s “attention to detail” and the care the bank takes on client business.
“It’s the same spirit of restlessness with which we approach our clients’ goals,” says the text on the side of the 76-metre hoarding, in a move that will no doubt amuse the City’s jetlagged executives as they land in New York after a long business flight.
http://www.entrevue.fr/un-autiste-realise-une-oeuvre-d-art-incroyable-video-13159
Posted by
damo73
on 25th July 2011
at 10:36
Hello Micheal,
I hope Stephen got a good commission for this! I like your comment about the jetlagged executives - lol! These slogans are so silly - trying to suggest there is a set way that all employees work by in a huge corporation - then again some people seem particularly vulnerable to branding (me less so!).
Damian - Community Champion
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Posted by
Josie Barnshaw
on 28th October 2009
at 22:34
Hi
Thought you might like this one (I have copied the title exactly from the blog post by Darren Brown.
Josie - Community Champion
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/10/autistic-artist-stephen-wiltshire-drawing-york-memory/