Geoffrey Key is probably Salford's greatest living, least known, artist, working from a local studio and keeping strong links to the Salford Art Club and Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
Recently Key's paintings and sculptures have become incredibly collectable, with the price of his art rising ten fold over the last decade and work sold before it's even appeared in a gallery. Yet the artist has always preferred to keep a low profile, and has never given a filmed interview until now.
A new forty minute documentary, titled Saltglaze Pot, follows Key around his Salford studio for two days, focussing on capturing the artist producing a new work -Saltglaze Pot - and gaining insights into how he works and his attitudes towards the art world.
"What annoys me is the sort of cult of the artist, where the artist becomes sort of more important than the work" he tells filmmaker Andy Pacino "It's all wrong, I think - the work is the important thing and let people read into it what they want."
For Pacino – a writer, filmmaker, art consultant and Geoffrey Key fan – the film was a real coup…
"I love his style and to see in first person how he puts his work together is nothing short of a privilege" he says "I've known Geoff for around a decade and, up until now, he'd always refused filmed interviews and so I was amazed and very pleased when he agreed to do the film with me.
"He's a very, very private man" he adds "and so for collectors to get this kind of insight into his work is nothing short of astounding."
The resulting documentary, Saltglaze Pot, has been produced as a specially presented limited edition boxed DVD (1,000 copies) and priced at £25.
To order a copy email Andy Pacino direct at andypac@gmail.com
There's also a YouTube trailer of the DVD – click here to view.
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