10 May 2008

Bill Millett

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About my artwork: My work attempts to take the camera out of it usual context and utilise it as a canvas. The work is experimental/ Neues Sehen.

My aim is to take the camera out of its normal context and utilise it as a canvas, on which I paint with light.

The work is subjective a visual meditation, it aims to bring about a process of visual osmosis allowing one to step beyond the horizon. Thus, offering the viewer the opportunity to explore ones own existence.

The images are first sketched then constructed, with out the use of computer manipulation. I begin with a basic theme, that evolves endlessly to wards the conclusion that has no beginning and no end. The paintings are an assemblage of light and colour an ephemeral sculpture captured on camera, like some distant nebula.

My work is influenced by the paintings of Rothko, Kandinsky and the process of existence , which invite the viewer into the work as opposed to pushing the viewer away, they are meditative works.
The images examine our role in the endless journey. In reductionism terms, we are composed of atoms, nevertheless in the context of the Gestalt school of thought the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore, a set of building bricks are irrelevant till they are constructed in to an emerging property, again and again and again, such is the endless journey from deconstruction to reconstruction in whatever shape or form.

Artists I like: Anonymous, Bill Viola, Brian Eno, Gerhard Richter ,Ken Currie, Peter Doig, Edward Steichen, Derek Jarman, Duchamp ,Kandinsky, Rothko, Ernest Haas, Crewdson,Chris Killip, Sarah Lucas, Michael Wesely

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At 5:27am on 6th May 2008, hugochienwen said…: hi Bill,
l like all of your works !!
especially the contrast colors you use,they look like aerial music !
cool~

At 7:42pm on 4th May 2008, Hanne said…: Hi Bill,
Thanks for adding me. Unusual works. They make me feel calm and serene... Thanks for sharing.

At 10:36am on 29th April 2008, Simone Stoll said…: wonderful work, somewhere in the realm of light and body, reminded me of fluorescence microspcope imagery. you say images make our memory, our history, i believe it's a collection of sensations, visual or other.
simone

At 7:14am on 23rd April 2008, amina bech said…: Thank you for the invit.. I like your work, and what you write about it!

At 12:48am on 23rd April 2008, Artist from the Black Lagoon said…: This is really great work, and i love your meaning of this concept. I make visual osmosis art too, take a look on my video section, would love your opinion...

At 5:57pm on 6th April 2008, GICQUEL said…: Hi Bill,
Nice to see you here.
I am Fan of your work.

At 5:20pm on 6th April 2008, Hanna Watts said…: BILL HI
I HAVE NEVER EXHIBIT IN UK. I HOPE ONE DAY I WILL. :)
YOUR KIND WORDS WARM MY HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
HANNA