Joshua Uvieghara
Goberlization: Movement in Iconoclash
Saturday–Sunday 3–4 October 2009 11am–5pm
As part of Open at Phoenix Brighton Joshua Uvieghara will be converting his studio, into an installation of paintings; and objects
which take on new meaning through the act of painting.
Studio 453b
Phoenix Brighton
10-14 Waterloo Place
Brighton BN2 9NB UK
www.josh-uvie.co.uk
Joshua Uvieghara
Goberlization: Movement in Iconoclash
As part of Open at Phoenix Brighton Joshua Uvieghara will be converting his studio, into an installation of paintings; and objects which take on new meaning through the act of painting.
The pouring element of the painting is, in a way, seminal to subsequent, or simultaneous elements of my painting strategy.
In pouring/spreading the paint, through using gravity, the movement in the first instance spreads until it has reached a level of perception I am satisfied with, yet once static an impression of movement still somehow remains, though at different speeds this relationship helps in touching on an important dynamic concerning my work.
The layers and displacements that are formed in this particular process and the way various combinations of objects, that these processes imbue with new meaning- draw parallels with the alchemy of making cocktails.
Seductive concoctions come about through exploration and investigation.
I am interested in as many processes involved in painting as the impressions one gets from the visual flood we see around us. The use of everyday and familiar imagery- as a means of introducing dissonant and mysterious subtleties, is a way of making cultural portraits.
Painting is a way of pushing my thoughts around the picture plane to distil something real from these impressions. Exploring how these ideas spill off the periphery from the flatness of the picture plane into installation based work offers a parallel means of exploration from time to time.
Untitled (Panoptic Figure),2009, Oil and household paint on board.
installation view
from left to right:
1 Balkanized a mere expression of my brother.,2009, Oil and household paint on board.
2 Out of the River, 2009, Oil and household paint on board.
3 Sozopol, 2009, Oil and household paint on board.
installation view
