‘Flicker’ is an exploration of the tension between internal focus and external structure. In this work, the traditional geometry of the circle - a symbol of unity and the infinite- is subjected to a process of physical deconstruction. By slicing the painted canvas into strips and interlacing them, the ‘centre’ is no longer a fixed point, but a destitute reached through a complex, tactile grid.
The high-contrast checkerboard serves as a rigid framework, representing the binary systems and logical structures that define our environment. Within this grid, the circular form emerges not as a flat image, but as a ghost in the machine-warped by the ‘over-under’ of the weave and the flickering against the silver accents.
This piece highlights the friction of reconstruction. The frayed edges and the physical depth of the woven strips acknowledge that seeking a center is a messy, laborious process. In ‘Flicker’ the target is not a perfect shape, but a resilient one- held together by the very intersections that threaten to pull it apart.
- Subject Matter: Society
- Collections: Oil and Acrylic on canvas