COMPRESSIONISM
Solo Exhibition
236 Clark Dr
28 NOV 2024
The Compressionism exhibition presented a collection of 20 new works of art that continue the exploration of 2D images created by 3D processes. These arch shaped formats provide a view to various landscape subjects through a portrait opening.
Compressionism is a cross section through a mass of colour, rather than an application of colour to a surface
Though painterly in appearance, no paint brushes were used to create this artwork; it was fabricated using trowels, chisels, knives, robotic drills, and belt sanders. On close inspection the marks of screwdrivers, routers and wrench bits can be discerned in many of the works.
Compressionism is interested in the dynamic geological processes that create stable landscape features
Mountains as slowly rolling waves of rock;
erupted, solidified, stratified, sheared, eroded
Soil as compacted layers of biomass
from countless seasons of changing foliage
Oceans as condensed clouds
Compressionism is landscape art in portrait format
Landscapes are pressed from the sides until vertical
The arched top of the artwork format makes reference to time: the arc of the sun that turns the clock and cycles seasons