Artist’s Statement
My artworks address particular contexts. Given a billboard on which to work, I designed mock advertisements; allowed to work in a military bunker, I made some propaganda. When faced with a conventional gallery space, I am inclined to play off the stylings of contemporary art.
Within the above however, there are constants. I have a long-held interest in imagery that appears abstract but can be read in literal terms. My graph-based works are certainly examples of this, but recent drawings created using spinning tops, clock springs and piano mechanisms occur in much the same way. This dual reading also relates to my public art commissions: what may at first appear decorative has a second conceptual reading that continually resonates with the first.
In older works there are stylistic references to advertising, graphic design and industrial design. By closely emulating graphic styles and employing commercial production techniques, I was able to hide my own hand and create images that defied easy interpretation as art. This allowed for gently subversive investigations into the Cold War and our consumer society.
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