RGB GLW, 2024
These works explore how colour is recorded and expressed and are as much an investigation of medium as they are an expression of the colour palette of a particular place.
The works were published in book form and were intended to be viewed as image pairs on verso/recto pages. The full series comprises 100 diptychs, each containing a panel of 25 monotone squares arranged in a contiguous 5×5 grid and a panel of 25 black triangles whose shape is determined by the corresponding monotone colour. Each diptych is derived from a different landscape photograph using a rules-based approach that relies on the red, green and blue (RGB) values of individual pixels. Source images were made in Glasgow, Scotland (GLW) during Summer 2024.
One pair of images (004.01 and 004.02, shown above) were printed and framed for exhibition. The exhibition also contained a sculptural work (004.03) that used rules to create three-dimensional objects from the two-dimensional triangles. These may be viewed in the accompanying installation images.
The works are a radical re-interpretation of landscape photography. They rely entirely on the affordances of the digital medium and reject the mimetic assumptions of the photograph in favour of visual abstraction.
Exhibition
Oak frame. AR 70 Art Glass. 109 x 109 cm.
Oak frame. AR 70 Art Glass. 109 x 109 cm.
colour as shape. Archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308 gsm.
Oak frames. AR 70 Art Glass. 109 x 109 cm each.
matt black, 5mm. Various sizes.
18 x 18 cm. The full book is viewable here.
