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Nathan Eastwood
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In Reflection Working on a few projects which interlink conceptually and aesthetically - I have developed an art practice which has challenged the way I think about and make art. Rather than make art which is about being an autonomous self contained image/signs, I have made a body of work which engages on material, break down of the image, painted object, gallery space and the viewer. Through the material I have deconstructed the syntax of the art, by revealing its structure and destroying its sense of illusion. Reflecting on my practice I realise that the consistent connection between my projects is in the use of measurements and a careful, cerebral, considered approach to my projects. These new art forms in my practice have challenged my work conceptually and how I show the work to the viewer. Working with these new forms allows me to consider new materials, and spatial possibities. I perceive painting as an activity, an activity of the mind; I see art as a tool, a structure in which one can think about things. The measurements and gridding devices have been incorporated into my art by superimposing the measurements onto the work itself. I am Interested in the mathematical sublime, the infinite and in pursuit of that which I find most difficult and inexplicable. Using traditional painting materials I am now questioning the relationship between painted surfaces; the interconnection between each painted object, the gallery as a frame, and the direct phenomenological connection between art and viewer. I now embrace the art object, gallery and the viewer as one whole – but I have always seen these elements as a symbiotic. Questions still arise in my practice; are my works viewed as paintings or objects? What structures do we use to interpret the art-objects, the space, and experience?
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