Art, Painting, Contemporary, Kate Davis Caldwell
Kate Davis Caldwell
29/07/08 18:06
Painter: Kate Davis Caldwell- Statement
The small paintings that I have become utterly consumed in creating are inspired by polaroid snapshots of regional landscapes. Although the actual photographs are recent, it is the nostalgic and atmospheric quality of these polaroids that have served as reference points for this new body of work.
This series is a departure from what I have been pursuing in painting over the past few years. This is indeed the smallest I have ever worked, and the interpretation is quite literal. Although photographs have been an important source for my work for some time, they were always integrated through appropriation and reproduction to create new narratives. Here, they are a painted translation.
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The small paintings that I have become utterly consumed in creating are inspired by polaroid snapshots of regional landscapes. Although the actual photographs are recent, it is the nostalgic and atmospheric quality of these polaroids that have served as reference points for this new body of work.
This series is a departure from what I have been pursuing in painting over the past few years. This is indeed the smallest I have ever worked, and the interpretation is quite literal. Although photographs have been an important source for my work for some time, they were always integrated through appropriation and reproduction to create new narratives. Here, they are a painted translation.
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