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Pulse # 201109Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201101Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201110 Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201113 Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201114 Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201120Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201019
Lambda Metallic Print
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Pulse # 201016
Lambda Metallic Print
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Pulse # 201103Lambda metallic print
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Pulse # 201112 Lambda metallic print
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Drift 22
Digital Embedded in Resin
61 x 61 x 8cm
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Drift # 201024
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Drift # 201025
Lambda Metallic Print
76x76x8cm
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| paul snell |
born 1968 Lives and works Launceston
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Artist Statement
These digital photographic works demonstrate the expansion of the creative potential of digital image making. The works speak of photography's transition from object to pure information. Through the re-structuring, removing and refining of data I have sought to throw off the shackles of conventional representation. The work is purely formal and self-referential in its intentions; colour is the fundamental ingredient and its vibrancy is maximised by form.
The reductive nature of these pieces examines and brings into question the image as self-referential object. The work seeks a dialogue in the sense of perceiving and using visual levels of perception to create a physical, mental and sensorial experience. The absence of signs or objects invites the viewer to drift among primal and tonal aesthetic matter. The aim has been to immerse the viewer in colour, rhythm and space, creating a sensory experience of inner contemplation and transcendence.
The pause, the gap and the omission are increasingly significant in our saturated image driven society. Through this body of work the daily saturation is replaced by selective sensitisation, the sharpening of individual senses; these pieces invite concentration, quiet and even silence. By rhythmically repeating, pairing, overlapping, reversing and sequencing and through the investigations of specific colour relationships, I seek a sensory understanding of the physical object. The primary intention of this body of non-objective work is to create a visual experience, utilizing the basic elements of line, colour, surface and light.
This body of work involves furthering the concepts of reduction (of form, space, line and material) and the effect of colour as visual signature. By developing these concepts I am inviting the viewer into the space for a contemplative experience with the work. |
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| studies & travel |
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| 2009 |
MCA, University of Tasmania. |
| 1995 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), University of Tasmania. |
| 1993 |
Tasmanian Teachers Certificate. |
| 1990 |
Diploma of Education, University of Tasmania.Beyond |
| 1987-89 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania. |
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| group exhibitions |
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| 2012 |
Glover Prize, Evandale -
Finalist
Nonobjective – Present Langford 120 Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2011 |
Art Melbourne, Colville Gallery, Melbourne
Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, NSW
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery
Prometheus Art Award, The Prometheus Foundation Gallery, Gold Coast
Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Gallery, Brisbane
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie
"Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for the Arts, Melbourne
6th Annual Artists Show Colville Gallery, Hobart |
| 2010 |
Zero Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Beyond The Chalk Board Academy Gallery, Launceston |
| 2009 |
Perfect 10 Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2008 |
Fragile Handle With Care Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2007 |
Sanctuary Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2006 |
Full Circle Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2005 |
Sightline Tasmanian Living Artists week, Rosevears
Above the Street Awning Academy Gallery, Launceston
Interpretations & Modifications Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2004 |
All Booked Up Poimena Gallery, Launceston
The Passionate Pilgrim Poimena Gallery, Launceston |
| 2000 |
Tasmanian Icons Stables Gallery, Cleveland House, Cleveland
Images of Tasmania-2 Long Gallery, Hobart
C.A.S.T. Members Exhibition C.A.S.T. Gallery, Hobart
One more Time (With Feeling) Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Beyond The Straight Unwine, Café Restaurante Hardware Lane, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Seeing And Remembering Poimena Gallery, Launceston
Anagram Nisart Gallery, Launceston
Images Of Tasmania – 1 Long Gallery, Hobart
Tasart Exhibition Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie |
| 1998 |
C.A.S.T Members Exhibition C.A.S.T. Gallery, Hobart |
| 1995 |
Writing In Water Art Space Gallery, Burnie
Shadows On The Skin Long Gallery, Hobart |
| 1994 |
Antarctic Fax Exhibition – Winter Solstice |
| 1993 |
Honors Graduate Exhibition University Gallery, Launceston
Pivot 93 C.A.S.T Touring Exhibition |
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| professional activities |
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| 1993 |
C.A.S.T. Emerging Curators Initiative, In a Practical Sense |
| 1992-3 |
C.A.S.T. board member |
| 1992 |
Curator of Photographic Exhibition 7 Virtues
Curator for Video Installation Dwell |
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| collections |
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Artbank
Burnie Regional Gallery
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