work / ACME AUTOMOTIVE PAINT PROJECT (Deconstructed Colour Charts) 2014
National Works On Paper Award (finalist)
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
23 May - 20 July 2014
My recent projects have as their common denominator an investigation into collected abstract forms, patterns and structures appropriated from the real world. Product packaging, highway signage, record covers, Hardware paint charts and other seemingly ordinary or common abstract elements that surround us in our day to day existence. Of interest to me are those abstract forms that not only provoke memories of a personal experience, but also provide a shared connection to collective memory where we are all encouraged or invited to partake and claim ownership. ‘ACME Automotive Paint Project’ continues this investigation. A series of original paint color charts from mid sixties Detroit have been reworked to remove all existing incidental details, leaving only the beautiful, abstract, lozenge shaped floating forms of the colour samples. The colours presented in these charts, including the deep cherry reds and ‘School Bus’ yellows, become a record and perhaps be a reminder or memory of a previous era.
The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973. National Works on Paper is one of Australia’s most prestigious awards and acquisitive exhibitions. A biennial exhibition, its role is to support and promote contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper.
'ACME Automotive Paint Project' 2014
Reworked paint colour charts from the U.S.A. c1965/1966
21cm x 27cm x 5 sheets
120cm x 80cm framed size
Kenworth Truck / Mack Truck 1966 2014
White Truck 1966 2014
Autocar 1965 / Brockway Truck 1965 2014
Willys Truck 1965 2014
Kenworth Truck / Mack Truck 1965 2014
ACME Automotive Paint Project 2014