Ascent’s ‘30 Under 30’
Ascent: 30 Under 30 intended to activate the conventional atmosphere of the Kelvin Club by brining a youthful contemporary art scene into a space of strong tradition.
It’s about fresh perspectives on old walls.
Exhibiting innovative artists and celebrating conteporary practises of all kinds in an environement that is a perfect archetype of the past.
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It’s about fresh perspectives on old walls.
Exhibiting innovative artists and celebrating conteporary practises of all kinds in an environement that is a perfect archetype of the past.
Butterfly thoughts 2
Scanned imagery from Dali, Gojak, Yonfan, Wardle and Tiger Book’s Butterfly Encyclopedia blend with personal imagery from a long archive of commonplace documentation to form a sublime interaction of sources. A fusion of distant thoughts and memories.
The monochromatic consistency of these prints, along with the combined collage methods, evoke a kind of nostalgia, reminiscent of scattered memories and dreams yet to be had or forgotten. The time and place which operates within the frame is neither here nor there. Unidentifiable, but familiar.
Various origins marry together into gentle tonal scapes; taking recognisable fragments derived from separate thoughts and collating them somewhat illogically, just as we do in our subconscious sleeping state.
Scanned imagery from Dali, Gojak, Yonfan, Wardle and Tiger Book’s Butterfly Encyclopedia blend with personal imagery from a long archive of commonplace documentation to form a sublime interaction of sources. A fusion of distant thoughts and memories.
The monochromatic consistency of these prints, along with the combined collage methods, evoke a kind of nostalgia, reminiscent of scattered memories and dreams yet to be had or forgotten. The time and place which operates within the frame is neither here nor there. Unidentifiable, but familiar.
Various origins marry together into gentle tonal scapes; taking recognisable fragments derived from separate thoughts and collating them somewhat illogically, just as we do in our subconscious sleeping state.
