Band 6 Response High
Can you see what I can see? explores appropriation as a meditative and revelatory activity. The body of work anticipates a physical shift in viewing between the small sardine can and digital image assemblages, the text and pastel collages, and the oil stick studies. A sense of quiet and restraint harmonises the whole body of work. The drawing technique maintains a delicate poise between the descriptive potential of colour, line and form and the aesthetic beauty of mark, surface and atmospheric suggestiveness. The subtle shifts between exploration and revelation set up an ongoing dialogue between the viewer, the parts of the work, and the work as a whole. This dialogue involves emotional reminiscence, allusion and an intellectual inquiry that resonates through repeated interactions with the body of work.
