(Un)composition              

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              While I examine and interpret paintings, I often fail to concentrate on the content presented through the artwork; I look pass the techniques that speak of the artist’s rigorous training. While I do not look away from or deny the different compositions that have been arranged within the “picture plane” with intention, what often compelled me to examine the paintings closely are the minor details are seemingly excluded from the composition of the image. This includes, for example, the hairs from the paintbrush that were left behind from the dragging motion of the brushstrokes, which are the remnants of the painting process itself. Sometimes, there are tiny specks of dust scattered across the image and, other times, cobwebs or corpses of insects. These things are often disregarded as compositions within the category of paintings; they are rather considered as alien and distracting. I want to create paintings that feature these ‘distractions’ as the main composition. I use white paint to paint over the canvas, continually, layer by layer. Dust from different places, dispersed in the air inside the studio; the hairs from the paintbrush; carcasses of tiny creatures that fell onto the artwork in process. Everything is in superimposed layers within the aforementioned process. The result is an image of (un)composition.