Jack Bodimeade

Recently I have been producing paintings primarily of plug sockets and information cables, converters and connectors. These have developed from an interest in the physical dirty basic components upon which our (advanced) civilisation is supported; the hidden prongs and slots that allow our immaculate products to function. Mains connectors possess ergonomic and anthropomorphic qualities - mirroring our bodies and imitating our sexual interactions. I paint from photographs found online through algorithmic associations and organically curated blogs. These photos seem not to have been taken with a clear purpose, for example to sell an item, to record a moment, to get feedback on a new hair cut; but instead taken in response to a light empathy for the subject (recognition?). They are taken quickly, phone in hand, flash on, and added to databases of like and related images. The harsh lighting and angle of sight indicate the presence of the camera and photographer; the photographer’s response becomes a subject in the painting.
The handling of brush and paint imitates the crudity of the solutions portrayed.
The installation of these works merges subject, context and artwork; painting mimics plug by inhabiting the same plane, wall and le...

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London

Foundation in Art and Design, Brighton City College

'Bloomberg New Contemporaries, ICA, London, November 2016

A Face Like Yours' APT Gallery, London, October 2016

‘In Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Blue Coat, Liverpool, July 2016

this soup we swim’, Kingsgate Workshops, London, June
2016

‘Dark of the moon’, The Benevolent Association of Excellent Solutions, London, March 2016

‘After Hours’, Mall Galleries, London, December 2015

Goldsmiths Degree Show, London, June 2015

‘Shift II’, apartment in Chelsea, London, January 2015

‘Draw the Curtains’, DIG, London, November 2015

‘V&A Friday Late’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2015

‘Tilt’, DIG, London, 2013