Avoiding his main studio practice and following a side track, Tom Chamberlain proposes the exhibition “Clockwise From the Left”, an assembly of mono prints and one watercolour meticulously rendered.
The interest of the British artist is concentrated exclusively on the abstract art, continuing in an original and innovative way the tradition of abstract painting in the last half of the century. What is a constant in Chamberlain’s painting is the slowly revealing of the image, the game the artist plays with the visual perception of the viewer. One cannot focus on the image but zooms continuously the virtual space created by the artist.
The works from the exhibition, although technically speaking they are not the object of the daily practice in the studio, function similarly to a hint or a pause. The juxtaposition of the watercolour and the mono prints generates a dialogue between two mechanical processes, one of the press and one of the artist. The method of creating images specific to Tom Chamberlain is one of slowly accumulating layers of colour (or ink in the present case) by repeatedly overlaying them thus generating a feeling of void, of blankness.
Visually, it is the imminence of something not yet here—or already gone. The works shown in the exhibition are an attempt to establish the extent and focal point of the image.
Evitand practica sa obisnuita de atelier si incercand o cale alternativa, Tom Chamberlain propune expozitia “Clockwise from the Left”, un ansamblu de monotipuri alaturate unei acuarele foarte meticulos realizate.
Interesul artistului britanic se concentreaza exclusiv in zona artei abstracte, continuand intr-un mod original si inovativ traditia picturii abstracte din ultima jumatate de secol. Caracteristic la pictura lui Chamberlain este lentoarea cu care imaginea se dezvaluie, jocul pe care artistul il face cu perceptia vizuala a privitorului. Ochiul nu poate sa focalizeze imaginea ci “zoom-eaza” continuu in spatiul virtual creat de artist.
Lucrarile din expozitie, desi tehnic vorbind nu fac obiectul practicii zilnice de atelier, functioneaza similar unei pauze sau unei aluzii. Alaturarea acuarelei cu seria de monotipuri provoaca un dialog intre doua procese mecanice, unul al presei, iar celalalt al atistului. Metoda de creare a imaginilor proprie lui Tom Chamberlain este una de lenta acumulare a straturilor de culoare (sau cerneala in cazul de fata) prin suprapuneri repetate care genereaza un efect de vid, de neant. Senzatia vizuala este de iminenta a ceva nu inca prezent sau a ceva deja disparut. Lucrarile prezentate in expozitie sunt o incercare de stabilire a limitelor si a punctului focal al imaginii.
Avoiding his main studio practice and following a side track, Tom Chamberlain proposes the exhibition “Clockwise From the Left”, an assembly of mono prints and one watercolour meticulously rendered.
The interest of the British artist is concentrated exclusively on the abstract art, continuing in an original and innovative way the tradition of abstract painting in the last half of the century. What is a constant in Chamberlain’s painting is the slowly revealing of the image, the game the artist plays with the visual perception of the viewer. One cannot focus on the image but zooms continuously the virtual space created by the artist.
The works from the exhibition, although technically speaking they are not the object of the daily practice in the studio, function similarly to a hint or a pause. The juxtaposition of the watercolour and the mono prints generates a dialogue between two mechanical processes, one of the press and one of the artist. The method of creating images specific to Tom Chamberlain is one of slowly accumulating layers of colour (or ink in the present case) by repeatedly overlaying them thus generating a feeling of void, of blankness.
Visually, it is the imminence of something not yet here—or already gone. The works shown in the exhibition are an attempt to establish the extent and focal point of the image.
