The contemporary sublime

The Big Bang. 175cm x 300cm. Sequins, pins and spray paint on cork and MDF. Office fan. 2011.

Locating and exploring the vestiges of romantic sensibilities in contemporary art and culture has been an ongoing concern in my work. Throughout my Masters (Camberwell 2010/11) I produced a body of material and written work that reframed notions of the postmodern or digital sublime through the lens of notions of futility and failure.  I embarked on a self-consciously adolescent quest for sublime experience that led me to exploring the aesthetic of video games, pulp science fiction and fantasy (though minimalism and romantic painting), and ultimately to the Russian Mountains at Thorpe Park.

Paper published by LSE online journal Critical Contemporary Culture

Work

The Big Bang. 175cm x 300cm. Sequins, pins and spray paint on cork and MDF. Office fan. 2011.

The Hunter. 180cm x 160cm. Drawing pins and sugar paper on cork and oak. 2011.

The Wanderer Above the Rim of the Sky. 21cm x 29.7cm. Acrylic on canvas. 2011

Ark. 30cm x 30cm x 30cm. Spray paint on MDF. Vibration motors and UV strip-lights.

The Conceptual Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. 240cm x 60cm x 3. Polystyrene, carpet joining tape, strobe light and smoke machine. 2011.

The Swing of Things. Golf clubs, car paint, pearls. 2012.

 Video Documentation