#adamboyd

Pursuit, Adam Boyd

Oil, spray paint, charcoal and acrylic marker on linen on panel. My work tends to be populated with image fragments affiliated with the fictive and historical rise and fall of empire. The use and abuse of power has surfaced as an expressive emphasis. An on-going interest in digital culture(s), advertising and social media platforms has informed the subject matter I composite as painted layers.

Atlas.stl, Adam Boyd

Oil on MDF panel. I am intrigued by the inherent emptiness of a computer-generated copy in relation to the cultural significance of the original. I have printed physical replicas of ancient artefacts from stl files containing print errors (sourced from an online database of 3d print files). The resulting sheering and visible support structures almost act like digital representations of Michelangelo’s method, where wax models surfacing from water would indicate where marble should be chiselled away. This is most evident in his unfinished "Slaves" sculptures.

Ozymandiverse I, Adam Boyd

This image is painted on a physical fragment from an advertising hoarding. The inserted image depicts an antique Egyptian bust of Ramesses II (Ozymandias) emerging from a 3D print. This is indicative of an ongoing interest in the romantic notion of the fragment.

Casa de Lunatones IV, Adam Boyd

Oil pastel on paper. These drawings layer spectral, moon-like forms gleaned from Pokémon over crazed figures from Goya’s paintings of “The Madhouse” (or “Casa de Locos”) and “Yard with Lunatics”.