2018
Matrix, Tacit Art
Matrix continues to explore structural wire meshes derived from rendering of nostalgic objects within computer software. Matrix plays with the layering of these structural meshes. Fields of line construct solid planes that shimmer focus through space and time.
In his current ongoing body of work incorporating relief prints, work on paper and painting, TJ Bateson continues to explore an iteration of mark that embraces and celebrates machine-assisted aesthetics alongside evidence of the hand of the artist within an immersive, visual experience.
Iteration Black, Tacit Art
In his current ongoing body of work incorporating relief prints, work on paper and painting, TJ Bateson continues to explore an iteration of mark that embraces and celebrates machine-assisted aesthetics alongside evidence of the hand of the artist within an immersive, visual experience.
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Iteration Arc, Tacit Galleries
Iteration Arc, Tacit Art
The curving arc of the brush slides down the canvas. In measured replication, the thin bands of paint capture a slice taken from a gigantic circle. TJ Bateson’s subdued tonal range calls our attention to the whispered differences between shades and tones. He layers the marks and gestures heavily, utilising the strata beneath to echo memories of the journey back to the surface story. In this case, it is a voyage of parading bowed stripes across the canvas that provides the form of this latest chapter: layered in black, silver and greys, with threads of gold and humming blues or earthy browns in between.
This new body of work is heavily driven by process. It is machine-like, but not arbitrary. It is scaffolded by mechanisms but still shows the traditional hand-painted line of the brush.Iteration Arc represents the latest telling of a narrative of paint. The simple replication of a line following a partial arc until it becomes a field of immersive colour and tone. It is ultimately a journey of freedom and triumph as much as it is a production of subtle beauty. The elaborate richness of the surface is a testimony to what can be done with one simple line if you repeat it often enough.