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- Catherine Cannon
Catherine
Cannon
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?
This project concerns the dialogue surrounding painting as a contemporary practice in visual art. The balance of the archetypal oeuvre of painting
is scrutinized through this practice, with the aim of developing an intrinsic language with which to analyze the contemporary rhetoric surrounding painting, challenging archetypes in terms of this medium. I am interested in painting’s changing language and the problems and solutions which occur as a result of this. Duality and juxtaposition are at the core of the practice. This work pertains to the curious, playful and questioning. I employ subtle actions to allow a dialogue to form. Actions such as cramming a huge building, so to speak, into a minute canvas, painting from wall to support, the adjacent positioning of block colours and the adjacent positioning of lines or brush marks comprise the playful, questioning conceptual mechanisms at work. These are the juxtapositions that are at play within my practice. The positioning of painting within architectural space is also a concern regarding this work. I am interested in how architectural space affects a painting and conversely how painting affects an architectural space. This body of work subtly challenges unfolding conversations within the terms of this genre; maintaining a commitment to painting while questioning its position.