Paul Snell
Bleed #202374 | 2023 | chromogenic print face-mounted 3mm matte plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments | 60 x 50cm
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2024 - Finalist
[Image courtesy of the artist and Studio Gallery Group, Brisbane.]
Artist Statement
The pause, the gap and the omission are increasingly significant in our saturated, image-driven society.
Through this work the daily saturation is replaced by selective sensitisation, these pieces continue my exploration of non-representative forms and examine the possibilities of abstraction and minimalism in photomedia. Bleed # 202374 investigates the transformation of photographic modes of production and the manipulation of data to invent new visual forms, exploring the intricate relationship between making and taking photographs, painting, photography, and object and screen. By rhythmically repeating, pairing, overlapping, and sequencing through the investigations of specific colour relationships, I seek a sensory understanding of the physical object. These pieces are not representations of certain realities; they are their own reality. These works aim to create a space for people to simply be, feel life itself, and breathe.