Julia Christey Artist

“The materiality of air, its pollution and finitude have become difficult to ignore.
Observing light reflected on tiny particles as they diffuse into a void holds an ethereal, transcendent fascination, where beauty, horror and confrontation merge and offer the contemporary sublime of the Anthropocene.

I am interested in the human intrusion into illusive and less tangible matter such as air. Neither subject nor object, it seemingly has no presence, yet it has become a sink for exhausted fossil fuels and other pollutants, upsetting a complex earth system. In my painting, I use many layers, colours and a variety of processes to capture this entangled complexity. My methodology includes layering of paint followed by selective erasure. In a way, this is a subversive and deliberate interference and erasure of a healthy climate. It is a reference to an uncertain ecological future.
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