Oscillating between alluring closeness and deceiving distance, the tightly knit weave of Graham Lister’s painting raises the question of what we are actually looking at… or through.
As we perceive the equal, rhythmic interactions of positive and negative space, fore and background, we realize that the artwork uses the visible architecture of the medium and the non-visible structures in and around it to come into being. The object acts as a stage set or a prop to signify beyond the image and towards the reality it exists in.
Blue and Silver, 2020-1
Oil on board
8” x 12” / 20,3 x 30,5 cm
