Cairns Regional Gallery exhibition 3 (of 3)
Art Rocks by Simon Poole
From 22nd May
"...‘As I sat pondering the form of the rock face opposite me in the gorge, I began to sense its enduring history; of how the rock has tolerated all that has elapsed and of how it still enjoys a stoicism that remains to the last weathered facet.’
In the work developed for this exhibition, I have employed a range of media
to explore the concepts of scale, form and perspective in the landscape; of
how, as a viewer of an artwork, we only get to experience an abstracted
feature of the world seen through the artist’s eyes. My investigations
therefore take us through some of the processes employed by artists
to simulate the real world, utilising an aspect of the Australian landscape,
namely rock faces, as an example of how a sense of form is created in a 2
dimensional environment.
Rocks are central to life; central to the urban forms we inhabit, of being
witness to the passage of a juvenile humankind, and of being crushed and
brushed by the artist. My sculptures, installations and paintings, through
the application of digital technologies, rediscover how the use of colour
and tone add to our comprehension of 3 dimensions. I aim to coax the
viewer into a closer sensory association with what I have experienced and
been moved by. Figures begin to appear in the renderings leaving me with
a feeling that I have awoken to the spirit of Country and I am overcome
with respect for the land and its story..."
Simon Poole – Artist