Waves

Besser Space
Naarm/ Melbourne, Australia

September 21 – September 29
2018

Our visual reality is oceanic; information surges against our mind and breaks with overwhelming intensity, concepts swallow us like tides, only to release us again confused & afloat. Swept up in these forces, we struggle to enter into meaningful dialogue and information stimulus is often one sided. Our fleeting impressions are rendered vulnerable to a consumerist agenda, aligning us unwittingly to ‘designer values’ and disempowering our connection with the self.
          Abstract painter Deams presents ‘Waves’, a collection of reductive paintings-as-remedy, inspiring a deceleration of experience and a deepening of self-awareness. Central to the work is the release of the light, colour and energy that become bound by waves, both physical and metaphysical. An oscillating relationship between object and observer allows for subjective meaning to arise in the absence of a prescribed narrative. This space of exchange creates an opportunity for an imminent internal experience: a rare moment of reflection on the still surface of a calm sea.
          “I want people to be drawn in to a visceral space, guided by a sense of familiarity and enticed by a deeper sense of mystery. We engage in people, objects and environment through holding attention, without attention there is no opportunity to experience true resonance. It is through the experience of resonance that we reveal ourselves within the work; it presents a door to introspection that allows moments of wonder and discovery to occur. In this way, the viewer is creating his or her own meaning. There is a direct exchange of energy between artwork and audience, a relationship is being forged.”

‍
Photography - Nicole Reed
‍