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Rather than simply viewing a surface, I aim to entice
the viewer to step forward and seek out the structure beneath.
- an invisible space of weight and volume. My aim, therefore,
is to communicate a visual layer of
what lies beneath a surface, as much as the surface its self.
My
interest lies in reading shape and form with an appreciation and
fascination of all things visual, from the complex structure of
a power cable pylon to the simple form of a cup and saucer. I
am most interested in
the significance of negative space rather than the positive object.
It
is a conscious decision to choose to work with diverse materials
such as piano wire, as a means to communicate in a way not normally
associated with that material, i.e. to make music.
I also choose to work in monochrome as a means to clarify form
and structure. In the same way, I believe
that a black and white photograph captures something more for
the viewer than the same picture in colour.
The intentional aim of my work, such as the Sphere and Pinch is
to create an illusion of volume, appearing convex when it is,
in fact, concave. I achieve this by using a subtle gradation of
greys in reverse.
Just
like a black and white photograph, I use ‘pixels’
to represent equal elements of a surface. Each are
unified into a composition of greys and distributed in such a
way to imitate light and shadow, as one would
in paint or pencil. Similar to cells under a microscope, my work
mirrors the small detail of a larger inanimate
object where the genetic structure can over power the overall
shape - a surface that aims to define an
order within chaos, through repetition and fluidity of pattern.
By
working on a larger scale, I aim to bring the viewer closer ‘into’
the works own space, both positive
and negative. In this way, physical movement is required to fully
interact with the piece.
Strong
influences on my work include;
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The
‘Guggenheim Museum’ in Bilbao which became the
basis of my project Inverted
Architectural Space
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Shimon
Okshteyn who defies two-dimensional images through pencil
and charcoal.
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Bridget
Riley, - the queen of mark making, with her optical illusion
of a third dimension on a
two-dimensional medium of paint on canvas. A mathematical
structure that confuses the eye.
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Anish
Kapoor whose work creates a subtle confusion between what
is concave and what is convex
through three-dimensional sculpture.
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