Into and out of abstraction

Crumplin, C (2014) Into and out of abstraction. Lubomirov-Easton, London, 26 April - 21 June 2014. [Exhibition]

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Item Type:	Exhibition
Creators:	Crumplin, C
Date:	2014
Event Location:	Lubomirov-Easton, London
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > ND Painting
Divisions:	Bath School of Art and Design
Research Dimensions:	Typically, as here, my paintings are in two parts. I have consistently used chance in my working process for the initial 'starts' of each painting, the non-figurative part. I make groups of these starts, large and small, and at any time have 50 or 60 that I make photographs from and keep together as a kind of notebook where I look for images in the chance blots and stains. Eventually, sometimes years later, I recognise an image to use for the second part of the painting by relating one of these starts to either an image from my image bank - folders and boxes of photographs collected and collated within categories that have become evident over time – injuries, fires, floods - or one that I need to find or take myself. The process sometimes leads to tiny paintings of large scenes such as cityscapes and sometimes to large paintings of small objects such as an eye. Another level of chance I use is that I may ask others which ‘start’ to work with, for their reading of it, or for their selection of a second image. In the past this has led to images in my paintings as diverse as flying saucers and shark bite victims. The 'starts' are made quickly with my hand in acrylic paint on cotton duck – the materials of high modernist abstract painting and developed for this. The second part of the paintings are made with a brush in oil paint on linen – slow materials developed to paint skin and atmospheric illusions. My concerns are our memory for images and our tendency and ability to picture.
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2014 09:04
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2016 12:19
URI:	http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/2074

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