LLOG BLOG #11: I Want to Believe: INTERVIEW W ARTIST LEHMAN BIGFOOT

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LMI VISITING ARTIST INTERVIEW #3:

LEHMAN BIGFOOT.

INTERVIEW BY DENNY LOGGINS.

I travel far this week, to the Majestic Rocky Mountains in the great heaving, buckled part this vast land we call, "The West". I have heard of an interesting new artist located near Denver CO. His visual artwork represents only one part of his new gestalt. The drawings produced have a voluminous feel to them, seemingly simple sketches recede in dimension, far reaching into gestural based distances of both space and mass. This artist attempts to truly experience his subject in order to move past conventional narratives dealing with the management of "the other". He strives instead to see his subject as himself, and by fusing the subject and observer, to create an experiential based self portrait of sorts. He wants to depict Bigfoot, the mysterious Sasquatch, so he in turn has "become" this Bigfoot, this wild man of forest as seen in the found footage film entitled simply "The Patterson Film".

Thank you for allowing me into your studio today Mr. Bigfoot, may I call you Lehman? (He only stares back at me. I decide to take a few photos while he recovers from his muted fugue.)

1. How long have you BELIEVED?

"For about One Hundred and Thirty One days," (he heavily sighs then makes a snorting noise and sinks back into his weathered studio chair.

2. What is the difference, if any, between "Big Foot" or "Sasquatch." Which is the proper nomenclature in your circle?

"They are not the same thing, because bigfoot is brown and sasquatch is black. Everyone knows that." (He squints at me know, narrowly judging me with his focused glare. I have to admit, the ferocity of this experience is overwhelming.)

(In answer to the second part of this question, he simply makes a low growling noise. And I quote "Rorrroawrrrorgh... ruhhhhr")

3. What is the primary drive behind this movement you have created?

Because I was looking for something. Something that wasn't there. Then I saw the Bigfoot show, and I did the walk, and then I WAS a bigfoot. And now I am a big...foot. (During this answer he gazes out the window, out at some place beyond the horizon, he is searching.. I think I am losing him to the forest).

"A Sunny Walk in the Park."  (Just kidding.  untitled.) — "A Sunny Walk in the Park." (Just kidding. untitled.)

4. Besides brown, what is your favorite color?

Black. Next Question.

5. Most people have some fear of a monster like "Big Foot." Clearly you do not. What are you afraid of?

Black Widows and Sharks, because black windows are poisonous. Once they bite you, you get the poison. You get poisoned. And every time I go to a beach I see spiky things in the water, and they are sharks. And they want to bite you. (He stands, adjusts his hood of Bigfoot fur, and slowly stomps away at this time, giving me a kind of brief questioning sneer over his shoulder as he turns the corner. Just like in the Patterson Film.)

That's one furry dude.  Untitled. — That's one furry dude. Untitled.

WOW! Thanks to Mr. Bigfoot and Mr. Loggins for the great interview! If you want to know more about Lehman Biogfoot's artwork, you will have to search... in the woods. No email, no website, no Instagram, no Twitter. NO NOTHIN!

HOWEVER, LMI is on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and on Twitter (@logmanstudios) and you should CHECK THAT SHIT OUT!

Also, running with the theme of the UNKNOWN, the MYSTERIOUS and the SCARY, the LMI ARCHIVING AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT dug these crazy LMI pieces out of the vaults this week to share with you: