New Work In Progress

Recently I have developed the idea of expanding visual field painting into installation by creating immersive environments. The original idea started with producing multiple smaller works on different paper and textile surfaces, then collaging them together. These original works were collaged directly to the gallery wall using pins. For this new work instead of pinning them on the wall I have pinned them to canvas. The 'pinning' has always been a deliberate act since creating "Mapping Eternity 2006". For me the pinning exists not only as a joining device but to give the illusion that the work is capable of changing as well as continuing to expand. The pins are also in consideration of the 'feminine' or 'female' in relation to sewing, craft (womens work) which exposes the work as a form of 'low' art. To juxtaposed this concept, the repeated pattern has been painfully hand painted on paper then assembled/collaged onto a canvas stretched with linen.
Once the collage has covered the canvas surface I plan to extend the pattern on to the walls, or use other smaller canvas's, or projections, or maybe a combination of these ideas. In a previous post I have suggested that I had been developing this concept for some time and have also recently been influenced by Ryan McGinness and Michel Majerus, who both create immersive or expanded field environments.

Work in early progress (31/05/07)