Although expressing ideas through painting at the moment this practice comes from a place firmly rooted in materials and three dimensional thinking. Interested to portray the body as a porous and fragile space, iconography and early renaissance painting influences. The post human experience, communicating within a digital world - truth and false narratives - the accent of AI - how expressive forms can be generators and transformers of social power. Drawing is still important and the line is present in all the painting. Statement: 2025. Since the dawn of the internet the accessibility of information has accelerated to the point of overwhelming visual melt down. The constant stream of information and images feed into the voracious techno-documentation of the self. The question is where the truth of what we see really lies? This practice is interested in theories such as ‘simulation’ and ‘hyperreality’ these offer a conflicting dynamic between notions of artificial and the rea...
This space is an extension of my Studio Practice - intended to act as an on-line reflection point - research notes - visual soliloquy or essay. Reviewing current works from London and beyond to expand knowledge and explore current discourse around contemporary art practice. All images and intellectual content copyright - Julia Keenan 2012 up to and including present day.