“Chaos and Out of Control” by Antony Lee
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The two pieces of work I have included in this exhibition represent a body of computer generated imagery produced last year. I find the ink-jet printout to be visually exciting in terms of flatness and brightness of colour, and technically interesting in relation to the ease of reproduction compared to other means of obtaining hard-copy from a computer screen and particularly when producing the same image in a variety of sizes.
The imagery is representative of my earlier work and “CHAOS” represents some of my ‘faces’ I have been designing over the last two years; based on the crude, square and triangle and the colours red, yellow and green. Inspired by London living I hope it conveys the desperation, claustrophobia, repetition and confusion of city life.
“OUT OF CONTROL” was inspired by a poem about puppets and the controlled and the controllers in society and ends on the line “without your wretched pullings I would still be beyond belief”.
My imagery is synthesised from a diversity of interests and influences and includes Mexican and Mayan Art, African mask designs, the art of the North American Indian and robotic and mechanical structures, especially circuit boards and imagery of the new age. My interests in all art, especially that of so called ‘primitive’ or spiritual societies, has one main link which is the face, mainly the human face but with shapes and forms found in most animals, and indeed a general empathy with all ‘natural’ patterns.
My combination of primitive art imagery with state of the Art Computer Technology brings together diverse ideas and this synthesis I hope is conveyed with a certain intensity if not humour.
