"PINK GANG" Photograph

Arts educator, SEND specialist and visual artist; fine art, printmaking, video. Grid has always fascinated me, not just as a visual structure but also as a principle of the inner organisation of things. Particularly intriguing is the fact that the grid is a dull and inactive structure, typically associated with architecture, construction, recording (whether words or music), screens, data transfer, and natural cycles. Rosalind Krauss suggests that the grid reflects standardisation and mass production while turning its back on nature. The grid serves to replace genuine dimensions with an aesthetic equivalent. It establishes autonomy in art that is flat, geometrised, and orderly. When we summarise the most transparent features of the grid and its system, we arrive at functionalism, order, clear structure, and the subordination of nature, among others. Working with grids is challenging, particularly due to their strict characteristics and regulations. My central question is always: how can one create artwork that adheres to the rules of a grid while still reflecting life and living things? After all, is not every existence, and consequently every creative activity, subordinated to some kind of system and confined within a grid? I am particularly interested in the grid as the inner organisation of visual space and as a pure gestalt form. I want to explore how far the narrowness and autonomy of the grid can extend; consequently, I use paysage and portrait as my imaginary play areas. I transfer images of people or landscapes onto one or more grids that interweave both visually and thematically. Grids possess two interconnected visual and physical characteristics: one is the size and space of the intermediate module, and the other is the grid's structure (netting), with its interdependencies and connections. These relationships enable an image to exist in an intermediate space or between spaces. This can occur in the relationships among the grids, the modules, or between the image and its abstraction. Creating this type of artwork requires the ability to look intuitively and connect parts to form a cohesive image. I integrate the grid into painting surfaces, printmaking, or video work.