The relationship between spacial dimension and photographic representation.
As an Artist I am interested in the deconstruction of the photographic mechanism with spacial representation. I prefer to work with incompatible media, inks paints and paper. The final piece is currently reworked on computers. I am influenced by the artwork of many artists, including: Alexander Cozens, Gordon Cheung, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Chuck Close and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. I am particularly interested in Moholy-Nagy's New Vision (1938).
I found a visual connection between my artwork and Cubism:
‘The Cubists and Post-Cubists belong to a revolution which changed the terms of older representation of space which were based on different linear rhythms, colour, size differences, surface divisions, linear aerial perspectives, isometry, light and dark, etc.’
LMN – New Vision
I consider my artwork to feature cubist devices, representing pictorial movement in dimension and space. In part, there is perspective, isometry and light and dark communications.
The photograph, moved from reality to unreality, changes the narrative, size differences and perspective. This informs my artwork with spacial pictorial relationships and Cubist Expressionism.
The artwork of Alexander Cozens (1717 – 1786) influenced my studio practice, particularly his inkblot artwork. Cozens was engaging with the ‘Landscape of the Mind’. His inkblot influenced paintings have unusual spacial qualities.
I became interested in the work of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy while studying at art school, and later at University. His ‘New Vision’, and his interest in spacial pictorial relationships, became an area of study.
John Martin is another important influence, particularly the spacial elements of his landscape paintings, such as ‘The Great Day of His Wrath’ (1851 – 1853). However, artists such as Chuck Close and Gordon Cheung, as contemporaries, influence my modern approach to Fine Art.
While at art school, I was interested in the changing boundary between photography and paint, and the literal point of change between reality and unreality. I continued my interests while attending University.
I considered that by adding photographic representations to ink manipulated depictions I was changing the narrative. These stories within stories became interesting.
Later, in 2019, incompatible media (Inks and Paints) informed my artwork with new texture and depth. After blotting and manipulating some areas of my artwork, the picture became a landscape of the mind. I quickly learnt that by manipulating the medium on the media I was creating ink bleeds that might be further transformed digitally.
Moving forwards, my project continues to study the spatial qualities of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's photographic experimentation. I will work on new projects with incompatible paper, inks and other mixed media. I am particularly interested in Existentialism, the modern rejection of Faith, and the sociopolitical background in turmoil.