Amy Cooper
I have a multidisciplinary practice based in abstract painting and site-specific installation. I paint in conversations between myself and the space it was created in. Therefore, my works are a place of connection between internal and external realms — what exists within us and what exists outside of us. My paintings aren't an image, but an experience designed to be lived with and revisited. They change with your perception, rewarding looking by unveiling themselves over time. My work is a balancing act of the grey area between spaces: what’s observed and what’s projected, chaotic and quiet, individual and collective — a conversation of perception.
This year, my practice was heavily influenced by the conditions, aesthetics and challenges my garage studio presented. The entire garage space has been activated by creating each work in dialogue with my surroundings. Consequently, these works have become interconnected structures, expanding and collapsing in conversation with everything that coexists in this space.
Ascent, 2020
Oil pastel, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
1230mm x 920mm
Cyclical, 2020
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
1230mm x 1220mm
Convergence, 2020
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
1400mm x 1820mm
Penumbra, 2020
Collage, molding paste, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
1420mm x 800mm
Ethereal, 2020
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
1620mm x 1740mm
Conversations, 2020
Video work of a site specific installation and sound piece. Installation: acrylic paintings on canvas, mixed media and found objects. Sound Piece: recordings from the site (sounds created while working and those naturally occurring) with USB and contact microphone. Keyboard, synth and music clips.
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