Red Stallion 2: 2009
Buttercup Fool 2: 2009
Javan Dawn 2: 2009
Buttercup Fool 2: 2009
Javan Dawn 2: 2009
This series of work is made up of 3 large walls that can be moved around. Colour is presented as a tangible structure that can be used to transform space.
If one says “Red” (the name of a colour)
And there are 50 people listening,
It can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds.
And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.’
Josef Albers ‘Interaction of Colour’
Although this suggests the infinity of colour it also demonstrates the limitations of language, and colour becomes a tool for the representation of the intangible and in the process is subordinated. Colour charts standardise. Colour and its relationship to language is complex and the categorization of colour into colours may change our expectations of chromatic experience. The acceptance of colour as representative of memory and emotion can be seen in the evocative language used to describe the colours available for brands such as Dulux.
And there are 50 people listening,
It can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds.
And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.’
Josef Albers ‘Interaction of Colour’
Although this suggests the infinity of colour it also demonstrates the limitations of language, and colour becomes a tool for the representation of the intangible and in the process is subordinated. Colour charts standardise. Colour and its relationship to language is complex and the categorization of colour into colours may change our expectations of chromatic experience. The acceptance of colour as representative of memory and emotion can be seen in the evocative language used to describe the colours available for brands such as Dulux.
