Bridge (2022-24)


The Bridge series, photographed over a period of 3 years, represents the changing configurations of paint applied by council workers to obscure graffiti on a railway bridge. These painted acts of concealment suggested colour field abstraction. As they were collected over that time, different painters seemed to be alluded to; Rothco, Guston, Barnet Newman and numerous others. The choice of colours was based on the available paints used by the people employed to cover graffiti but tended to be of a quite limited tonal range: greens, pastel pinks, greys and whites dominating. The painted patches seemingly made little attempts to match the colours of the bridge behind.






Bridge (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge II (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge III (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge IV (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge V (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge VI (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.






Bridge VII (2022-24) 8x10 inch Archival gicle print.


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