West
Spotlight Artist
Colby Currie
West
Artist Statement
Currie’s paintings come about through iterations of process and
material. These iterations as seen through mereological thinking
and self-rules create series of paintings that can be seen as
parts and wholes. Each part is a study of its individuality and
its relationship to the whole and a sort of versioning of painting
itself. Using traditional materials such as oil paint, rabbit-skin
glue, linen, canvas, and stretchers, these components are the
tools and the process themselves. Mark-making occurs through
combinations of stains, smears, and inversions with a variety of
paints, primers, and glues. Each completed piece then enhances
the larger conversation of contextual relationships.
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