by ray rankine
ACRYLIC
h: 91 w: 71 d: 2 (cms).
This is one of a series of paintings which use the text of poems with environmental and cultural themes - this one was 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
They are part of an ongoing series with the working title ‘Words fail me’.
The texts provide the first marks on the canvas before being repeated, erased or distorted during the painting process leaving only a hint of the original meaning.
Visual reference comes from various sources - graffiti, wall inscriptions, junk mail, found objects and textures and in this case an oil drum rusting on a North Uist shore.
I was thinking about the everyday abuse and erosion of language and the fragility of actual material stuff and how meaning is constantly changed and renewed.
by ray rankine
ACRYLIC
h: 92 w: 92 d: 2 (cms).
This is one of a series of paintings which use the text of poems with environmental and cultural themes - this one was 'The World Is Too much With Us' by William Wordsworth.
They are part of an ongoing series with the working title ‘Words fail me’.
The texts provide the first marks on the canvas before being repeated, erased or distorted during the painting process leaving only a hint of the original meaning.
Visual reference comes from various sources - graffiti, wall inscriptions, junk mail, found objects and textures and in this case an oil drum rusting on a North Uist shore.
I was thinking about the everyday abuse and erosion of language and the fragility of actual material stuff and how meaning is constantly changed and renewed.
by ray rankine
ACRYLIC PAINT, WOOD, CANVAS COLLAGE
h: 76 w: 101 d: 3 (cms).
This is one of a series of paintings which use the text of poems with environmental and cultural themes. They are part of an ongoing series with the working title ‘Words fail me’.
This painting was inspired by 'Shore' by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
The texts provide the first marks on the canvas before being repeated, erased or distorted during the painting process leaving only a hint of the original meaning.
Visual reference comes from various sources - graffiti, wall inscriptions, junk mail, found objects and textures, In this case a fishing hut on a beach in Southern spain, made out of recycled wood and painted white.
I was thinking about the everyday abuse and erosion of language and the fragility of actual material stuff and how meaning is constantly changed and renewed.
by ray rankine
ACRYLIC PAINT, COLLAGE
h: 91 w: 71 d: 2 (cms).
This is one of a series of paintings which use the text of poems with environmental and cultural themes - this time 'Nothing Special' by Zbigniew Herbert . They are part of an ongoing series with the working title ‘Words fail me’.
The texts provide the first marks on the canvas before being repeated, erased or distorted during the painting process leaving only a hint of the original meaning.
Visual reference comes from various sources - graffiti, wall inscriptions, junk mail, found objects and textures.
I was thinking about the everyday abuse and erosion of language and the fragility of actual material stuff and how meaning is constantly changed and renewed.
by ray rankine
ACRYLIC
h: 61 w: 76 d: 3 (cms).
This is one of a series of paintings which use the text of poems with environmental and cultural themes - this one was 'Episode in a Library' by Zbigniew Herbert.
They are part of an ongoing series with the working title ‘Words fail me’.
The texts provide the first marks on the canvas before being repeated, erased or distorted during the painting process leaving only a hint of the original meaning.
Visual reference comes from various sources - graffiti, wall inscriptions, junk mail, found objects and textures.
I was thinking about the everyday abuse and erosion of language and the fragility of actual material stuff and how meaning is constantly changed and renewed.