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Ros Bason


Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rosbason.com
Tel: 07862245051

Artist Statement

     
      Chance

                                                       Transformation

                                                                                           Openness

                    Indeterminacy


I am interested in the unfolding narrative that an object, shadow or thought can illuminate, the elevation it can receive and how it is possible to sustain the curiosity of the audience through expressive ambiguity. Indeterminate images suspend identification and disrupt the perceptual process. As a result the viewer’s experience is more challenging and hopefully more engaging.

Prolonged visual fixation can alter our perceptions, like staring at the flame of a candle.

‘Meditation on a flame gives the dreamer’s psyche vertical nourishment, verticalizing food.’ As a child I used to stare at my face in the mirror without blinking, waiting for transformation, imagining other beings. I became separated from the world, lost in a dream. I am conscious of this same sensation when painting, and seek to transmit this experience to the viewer, or receiver.

Ros Bason in conversation with Charmaine Honeychurch, 26 Aug 2012 from CMR Gallery on Vimeo.

Ros was an artist in the CMR exhibition 'New Visions: contemporary painting in uncertain worlds', 10-26 Aug 2012, at CMR, Redruth, Cornwall.

In the video she talks about the processes and indeterminacy of meanings within her paintings.

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Nanki in Full Swing, Oil on board, 355x285mm
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A Treat for Luna, Oil and wax medium on board, 400x370mm
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Empty Plate, Oil on board, 400x370mm
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General Nuisance, Oil on board, 940x850mm

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__CMR is an artist-led initiative designed to create a community of artists who will exhibit and flourish within this three storey building. It is a voluntary-run organisation and project. We aim to be all inclusive; we aim to encourage adventurous work that will respond and challenge not only to CMR’s various spaces but also the broader Contemporary Art landscape of Cornwall.

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