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Tristram J. Aver's Studio
I see my work as an interpretation of our time. As the use of technology shapes our world and our responses to it, my interest lies in examining the volume of visual information we are bombarded with every day in this digital age. I attempt to create a personal yet formal language, through painting, to communicate this visual information, translating it into a single, stimulating new language. I aim to capture and identify a hybrid, ‘sampled’ view of the world that imitates the implosion of visual information to the eye.
The process of making the work is very important to me. Each painting is made using the same process. I begin by creating computer generated ‘plans’ from collected source material. I sample common historical, cultural and commercial references (logos, motifs, typography, textiles, graphic design, paint marks from art history for example) and re-analyse their original context and meaning. Created on the computer screen these plans appear flat and very formal. When I translate them onto canvas the forms and shapes take on new meaning; the surface is shiny and matt, they are textured and they drip. Essentially they become objects as I experiment with paint, and they have imperfections from a human making them not a computer. One is not a literal translation of the other, colours can be changed through the conditions in which they are made and viewed, a hard edge can become soft and flat colour textured and raised.
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| Tritram Aver's Gallery
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Untitled Drawing (1), $330.00, 2007, A2, Acrylic on paper
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Frappleberry, $1,000, 2005, 96.5cm x 87cm, Acrylic and
glitter on canvas
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Marlon Brando, Pocahontas, $1,000, 2005,96.5cm x 87cm, Oil, Acrylic and glitter on canvas |
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Frappleberry Study, $330.00, 2006, 29.7 x 42.0cm, Acrylic on paper |
Leg Warmers, $3,230, 2007, 102cm x 135.5cm, Oil, acrylic, glitter, enamel and collage on canvas. |
Untitled Study (2), $330.00, 2006,
29.7 cm x 42.0cm, Acrylic on paper.
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Minuteman Study, $330.00, 2006, 29.7 cm x 42.0 cm,
Acrylic on inkjet print. |
Retina lies, $490.00, 2002,
59.4 cm x 42 cm,
mixed media on XS digital print mounted on board.
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Soap, $1,000, 2004, 90cm x 73.5cm, Oil and acrylic paint on canvas.
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Soap Study, $330.00, 2006, 29.7 x 42.0cm, Acrylic on inkjet print on paper.
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Untitled Study (3), $330.00, 2006, 29.7 x 42.0cm, Acrylic on inkjet print.
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Untitled Study (5), $330.00, 2006,29.7 x 42.0cm, Acrylic on inkjet print.
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