‘Palimpsest’ - March 2025
A series of images incorporating minimalism, brutalism, and using abstract expressionism in form of Interruption.
Material - Mixed Media pieces assisted by Artificial Intelligence.
Statement
Initially starting with raw, loose, scribbled lines that has become a part of my work (progressed from using layering over words and text). Progressively, moving on the theme of layering, where I would add and remove marks, allowing previous gestures and moments to remain visible beneath new ones. This technique creates a sense of history and depth in the images. Which is why I came to name ‘Palimpsest’.
“A palimpsest is originally a manuscript or document that has been written over, with traces of the original text still visible beneath. The term has expanded beyond its historical meaning to describe any surface, object, or concept that bears layers of history, memory, or revision—where past and present coexist.
In art and architecture, a palimpsest can refer to layered textures, erasures, or remnants of previous works that inform the final piece. It symbolizes time, transformation, and the persistence of memory.”
I wanted to develop on the concept of layering textures to find a juxtaposition of using big minimal spaces layered against materials to mimic the lines and scrubbing shapes of charcoal against paper or me creating an abstract shape with Oil paint on canvas.
This led to larger contemporary sculptural pieces which involved silks and cottons to amplify open space or a blank canvas, which then would be interrupted by a contrasting fabric that mimicked paint strokes or charcoal marks that take over the allocated space.
The sculptures almost in my opinion become alive as the dark strokes of fabric could be seen moving/flowing in the spaces due to lightweight material.
Images edited using iPhone.
