Control Series

1989 -1994..........
Large monochromatic works.
Most oil on canvas.
Or paint on perspex with steel frames.
Sizes between one and two metres.
There are over fifty piecs in this series
Here is a selection
Working from patterns seen in architecture
urban design, and town planning.
Based on my photographs, videos and drawings
These works are investgations into the repetitive nature
of the urban and industrial environment.

 

The canvases and images eventually reduced
down to totemic representations
ofan urban world of decay,
isolation and repetition which is our modern city.

 

 

Control control "Control" won
the 'Wolfson
25' painting
prize in 1991
Aeriel Aerial Map
"Aerial"
Based on flight path navigation
Part of a series of twelve
Black paint on white canvas
Searches For
Naked Forms
Searches for Naked Forms Searches for Naked Forms
Used on the CD cover of the same name by Stanza
Painted in 1991 , part of a series of twelve
Based on a photograph taken in
The Royal Albert Dock in London
Network
Network
Network.
Repetition of imagery across the painted surface
Painted in 1990
Interlocking patterns from metal grids devloped from my industrial wallpaper
series of "Artitextures"
Matrixcity Matrixcity Based on a walk down the Thames .
through the city in 1984
Collaged photgraphs and maps of South London are integrated into the image.
First made in 1985 as edition print
Painted in 1990
Grid Black oil paint on white canvas
Projected images form video work
Shot on video taken in 35mm still photo
Manipulated via a photocopier and projected
Painted in 1990
Grid video Meltdown Black oil paint on white canvas
Projected images from photos
Collaged photgraphs South London are integrated into the image.
First made in 1985 as edition print
Painted in 1990
Silver Clouds Silver paint on perspex,
mixed paints on wood
Built into a steel frame
Based on a repeated map
Painted in 1990
Silver Clouds Alchemy Gold and silver and oil,
painted onto canvas
over a period of two years

Finished in 1991
Alchemy
2m by 1.7 m 1989 2m by 1.7 m 1989 1.2m by 1.7 m 1990 1.2m by 1.7 m 1990 1.2m by 1.7 m 1990 1.2m by 1.7 m 1990 1.2m by 1.7 m 1990 0.9m by 1.3 m 1990 1.7m by 1.3 m 1989-1991
 
 

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