VIEW IN MY ROOM
United Kingdom
Photography, Color on Paper
Size: 16 W x 16 H x 0.1 D in
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This (ongoing) body of photographs documents found glass surfaces in various locations between London and Sussex. Over time, echoes of various narratives emerge, comprising natural marks (detritus, moisture, weathering) and deliberate interventions (an intimate declaration, a violent outburst, a confessional message, an incoherent gesture reminiscent of some kind of primal automatism). Gradually, various elements arrive and coexist - often quite briefly - leaving a peculiar trace of what each space has witnessed. It's hard not to become fascinated by the rawness, the ambiguity and the contexts of these natural palimpsests. It is rarely clear how and why these stories emerged: half-told, semi-visible, obscure, over-written, often crude, always fleeting ghosts of experience catch the light occasionally to reveal a mysterious calligraphy and to trigger a sense of forensic curiosity. At their best, two or more incidents combine to offer unintended juxtapositions, interpretations and potential meanings. Whilst usually the residues of illegal acts of vandalism, touching traces of 'being human' can sometimes be found: a cathartic or intimate declaration, a personal message, an affection, a proposition, a confession, a playful moment; (or by contrast) an expression of loss or jealousy, a violent outburst, a retraction, a corrosive attack with fire or acid, an abrasion, an incoherent gesture akin to primal automatism. Elsewhere, chance and accident offer unintended juxtapositions, interpretations and potential narratives. These fragments are framed within atmospheric glimpses of their environments and contexts.
Photography:Color on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:10
Size:16 W x 16 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Tony Bowen is a UK based fine artist working mainly with photography. Since postgraduate study, he has divided his time between personal practice and art and design education (teaching and curriculum leadership) in Manchester, where he was born and in Sussex, where he now lives. With a background and first degree in painting, an interest in making photographs has developed over time: initially supporting work with other media and subsequently as outcomes in their own right. Alongside formal and atmospheric considerations, his work is largely inspired by the power of the trace, the fragment and the unresolved to provoke the imagination in unexpected ways. A preoccupation with interpreting and documenting the found mark has spanned a number of years. More recent work focuses largely on interrogating and exploring ordinary and often overlooked surfaces present in natural, domestic and urban environments. The residues of human and other activity are areas of particular interest, suggesting all kinds of narratives and stimulating broad lines of investigation. Whether metaphorical or literal, these enquiries open up new, personal ways of reading the environment, and of deciphering and engaging with landscape. His work has been shown widely in galleries, venues and publications throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.
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