Erosion 1 Painting by Andrew Stiff

Painting: Oil on Canvas.

Erosion is the dominant theme in this series of paintings and associated video work.

The buildings of our urban environments are a repository of memories and events that are played out in front of the urban theatre. Layers of memories and activities are etched into the surface of the buildings and the tropical rains gradually reveal our collective history of the space, echoes from our past.

Based on a nondescript apartment building in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, this painting explores how given minimal space we can can still impact our built environment. This painting is one of a series that is also explored in moving image form.