Kristy Gordon
PhD Candidate (First year)
Kristy Gordon, ‘Rockpool/ A Pensive’ 2022. Digital drawing on washi paper, acrylic paint on carved ply. Paper size 124cm x 148cm, expanded drawing 70cm x 55cm x 55cm. Images courtesy: the artist.
Artist statement
My practice investigates slow aesthetics through phenomenological experience of landscape translated to contemporary materialities of screen and power tools, finding connections between repetition, flow and resonance.
‘Rockpool/ A Pensive’ explore dualities of looking into and within through expanded drawing. Rockpools, as a site of soft fascination, promote attention restoration, mind-wandering and creative generation. Embodied gestural drawing and carving, and focussed repetitive mark-making open contemplative space where these sensory experiences in nature are remembered and reactivated.
Follow Kristy on Instagram @kristygordon_art or visit their website www.kristygordonart.com.au
Acknowledgement of Country
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