STEVEN SUMNER
1 Agosto 2020 – 30 Setembro 2020
BIO:
STEVEN SUMNER is a british artist, living and working in the South of France. He obtained a Honours Degree in Contemporary Art at the Huddersfield University (UK) in 2014. Previous to assume himself as an art creator, he has been working during 37 years in the development of automation systems for industry. This extend experience in engeneering influences his artistic practice in a very unpredictable way. He approches the artistic media freely but wth pragmatism, starting from whatever material he feels necessary to engage with to represent his investigations: from lasers and computer systems to oil on canvas and clay sculptural works. His artwork reflects on existence and how, from energy and molecular fundamentals (particle physics), life and consciousness affords artistic and scientific enquiry.
https://www.artizimozo.com/
PROJECT:
Composed of a series of sculptures and two-dimensional mixed-media works, “Remote Control” investigates the perceptual systems, processes, narrative structures and aesthetic strategies that focus on the issue of social surveillance. The artist, artwork and spectator are caught in a complex ambit of fantasy and control, inviting us to re-examine the place of art in a technological world, and our place in relation to it.
To get to the heart of Steven Sumner's creative process, we can quote a highly repeated phrase these days: “One man’s trash truly is another man’s treasure”. Prioritizing reuse and recycling on the basis of his practice, the impact that the consumer society has on the environment is highlighted.
The body of works on display combines found objects and household waste with acrylic paint and textual notes. This process of assembling and layering results in a quite hard and decadent imagery, softened with playful and colourful items.
In a massive recycling of stories, images, techniques and materials, "Remote Control" results in an ironic criticism of technological society and consumerism ,questioning the possibility of resisting a controlling culture that readily incorporates opposition and difference.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
OPEN STUDIO: STEVEN SUMNER, “Remote Control”
27-28-29-30 August 2020, 16h00 – 20h00
ARTIST TALK: Hannah Witner & Steven Sumner
27 August, 18H00
OPEN STUDIO: STEVEN SUMNER, "EGO vs SOUL"
24-25-26-27 September 2020, 16h00 - 20h00
ARTIST TALK: 26 September, 18:00
STEVEN SUMNER is a british artist, living and working in the South of France. He obtained a Honours Degree in Contemporary Art at the Huddersfield University (UK) in 2014. Previous to assume himself as an art creator, he has been working during 37 years in the development of automation systems for industry. This extend experience in engeneering influences his artistic practice in a very unpredictable way. He approches the artistic media freely but wth pragmatism, starting from whatever material he feels necessary to engage with to represent his investigations: from lasers and computer systems to oil on canvas and clay sculptural works. His artwork reflects on existence and how, from energy and molecular fundamentals (particle physics), life and consciousness affords artistic and scientific enquiry.
https://www.artizimozo.com/
PROJECT:
Composed of a series of sculptures and two-dimensional mixed-media works, “Remote Control” investigates the perceptual systems, processes, narrative structures and aesthetic strategies that focus on the issue of social surveillance. The artist, artwork and spectator are caught in a complex ambit of fantasy and control, inviting us to re-examine the place of art in a technological world, and our place in relation to it.
To get to the heart of Steven Sumner's creative process, we can quote a highly repeated phrase these days: “One man’s trash truly is another man’s treasure”. Prioritizing reuse and recycling on the basis of his practice, the impact that the consumer society has on the environment is highlighted.
The body of works on display combines found objects and household waste with acrylic paint and textual notes. This process of assembling and layering results in a quite hard and decadent imagery, softened with playful and colourful items.
In a massive recycling of stories, images, techniques and materials, "Remote Control" results in an ironic criticism of technological society and consumerism ,questioning the possibility of resisting a controlling culture that readily incorporates opposition and difference.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
OPEN STUDIO: STEVEN SUMNER, “Remote Control”
27-28-29-30 August 2020, 16h00 – 20h00
ARTIST TALK: Hannah Witner & Steven Sumner
27 August, 18H00
OPEN STUDIO: STEVEN SUMNER, "EGO vs SOUL"
24-25-26-27 September 2020, 16h00 - 20h00
ARTIST TALK: 26 September, 18:00