Nicola Beckles
A Pile of Stones
My work addresses analogy, fragments and memory. I find an image that holds an anchoring idea, a signifier that presents structure and form, which is the scaffolding for my paintings.
Layering is an integral part of the process of the creation; finding a tension between combining a number of elements: architectural, the human figure, written word and more ambiguous shapes; but never fully embracing abstraction, for as Roland Barthes says,
‘…no sooner is a form seen, than it must resemble something’.
The elements begin to submerge into one another, having equal placement, vying for more presence, and creating a slightly uncomfortable feeling that I strive for; taking recognisable elements and playing with them. They are a constellation of ideas drawn together around a centripetal thought, ghost-like memories, fragments laying over the whole – or are they centrifugal?
In recent works, the flat, abstract shapes on the canvas are given a physical materiality by the interplay with the stone-like and partially-formed shapes of the clay, which in turn speaks of an archaic anthropomorphism.
Delving into humanity, which I see as a mixture of material and spiritual; storytelling and scientific reason.
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July 28th, 2011 at 9:36 am
I have allways admired your work Nicola. Absolutely beautiful. x