3. Philip Elbourne

Portrait of the artist as a shadow (with Goshawk)
2010
(Painting)


Ghost in a sheet 
2010
(Painting)


Above all else
2010
(Corrugated card and light)

My practice always seems to come back to the same concerns: incidental material, ambiguity of intention, denail of meaning; and in all these, a tension between absense and presense. The paintings are intended to involve the viewer in an interactive experience. The nature of the monochrome paints forces the viewer into a conscious effort in order to see the image - this involvement literally interprets the act of of 'looking' in art, as well as more broadly symbolising humanity's constant endeavour of 'out-staring the emptiness'. The sculpture is concerned with the hierarchy of meaning, of language and of materials.

Phil graduated with a first class honours degree in Fine Art and French in 2009 at The University of Chester and is now studying for a Fine Art MA at Wimbledon College of Art in London.
http://philipelbourne.blogspot.com/