Daniel Boyd - the law of closure:

Sydney-based artist Daniel Boyd's particular iteration of postcolonial history painting, video, and installation work seems to centre on the deletion of information and history, especially in relation to Boyd?s Aboriginal and Vanuatuan heritage. But there is more to his distinctive pointillist...

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Other Authors: Rule, Dan (Editor), Mundine, Djon (Interviewer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Melbourne, Australia Perimeter Editions 2015
Edition:First edition
Series:Perimeter Editions 006
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Summary:Sydney-based artist Daniel Boyd's particular iteration of postcolonial history painting, video, and installation work seems to centre on the deletion of information and history, especially in relation to Boyd?s Aboriginal and Vanuatuan heritage. But there is more to his distinctive pointillist technique, in which he blackens much of the surface, leaving only flashes of perceptual detail that reveal the information beneath, than a simple rumination on erasure. Boyd?s devices are not just about absence, but a kind of psycho-historical ellipsis, and the enshrouding dark matter is as much an element of the image as are the landscapes, portraits, reflections, and refractions of light
Item Description:1000 Exemplare
Physical Description:215 Seiten 27 cm
ISBN:9780987353054

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