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Graeme Mitchell : Detached Pictures

Past exhibition
8 April - 27 May 2017
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Graeme Mitchell , Detached Pictures

Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present Detached Pictures, an exhibition of new work by Graeme Mitchell, on view April 1 - May 28, 2017.

 

Graeme Mitchell's career as an artist began with photography. Broadening his practice to include drawing and painting furthered his investigations into the relationship between image and spectator.

 

Exploring topics like cults, alienation, and technology, Mitchell began to wonder how or why we believe in certain imagery. He is interested in one's ability to view a photograph and believe that it reflects an honest truth. This subject matter became the theme for this body of work, and the act of painting from photography an opportunity to build on the idea of interpretation and perception. The original photographic image is lost, replaced by the painter's version, but where does that leave the viewer in terms of the perceived reality?

"I think photographs satisfy something very innate in us," Mitchell shares. "After all, they are generally held to be solid, true and democratic. However, in my experience, they are actually quite fluid. Photoshop something in or out, use a telephoto lens instead of a wide angle lens, make a different edit, rename it, and one fact becomes another; simply mis-caption it and history can be misplaced."

 

Detached Pictures unveils the presumed validity of photographs by transforming them into paintings that express the fluidity of a captured image; prompting viewers to further explore the reality displayed in front of them. "The painted picture became fitting then, each mark on the canvas an act of faith, a phrasing of another possibility," Mitchell states.

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Works
  • Graeme Mitchell, Participant, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Participant, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Transmission Tower, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Transmission Tower, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, More Perfect Again, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    More Perfect Again, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Saturn, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Saturn, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Ritual, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Ritual, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Night Sky, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Night Sky, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Study for The Meeting, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Study for The Meeting, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Sunset, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Sunset, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Living Room, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Living Room, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Swimming Hole, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Swimming Hole, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Rooster, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Rooster, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Happy Valley Oregon, 2012
    Graeme Mitchell
    Happy Valley Oregon, 2012
    7-tone monochrome ink set pigment print on archival cotton paper
    16 x 16½ in. 40.64 x 41.91 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, The Meeting, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    The Meeting, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    48 x 65 in. 121.92 x 165.10 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Molly 4, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Molly 4, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    10 x 8 in. 25.40 x 20.32 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Device 2 (Basement), 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Device 2 (Basement), 2017
    Oil on canvas
    36 x 36 in. 91.44 x 91.44 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Indexed, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Indexed, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    56 x 56 in. 142.24 x 142.24 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, The Photographer, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    The Photographer, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Time Traveler, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Time Traveler, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    25¼ x 28 in. 64.14 x 71.12 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, T.V., 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    T.V., 2016
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 21 in. 40.64 x 53.34 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Shrine, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Shrine, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    34 x 48 in. 86.36 x 121.92 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Untitled (To Crush), 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Untitled (To Crush), 2016
    Chicken wire, pigment prints, paper, graphite, sandpaper, tape
    37½ x 22 x 2½ in. 95.25 x 55.88 x 6.35 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Witness, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Witness, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Hole, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Hole, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 in. 40.64 x 50.80 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, View From a Low Hilltop, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    View From a Low Hilltop, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Out West You Can Be Who You Want, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Out West You Can Be Who You Want, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Chair 2, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Chair 2, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    27 x 38 in. 68.58 x 96.52 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Chair 1, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Chair 1, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    27 x 38 in. 68.58 x 96.52 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Chair 3, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Chair 3, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    27 x 38 in. 68.58 x 96.52 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, The Corrector, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    The Corrector, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, On the News, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    On the News, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Home Movie, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Home Movie, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 in. 40.64 x 50.80 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, The Midnight, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    The Midnight, 2017
    Wooden table, tinfoil, radio, oil on canvas, audio recording (1:03hr duration)
    20⅞ x 9½ x 6¼ in. 53.00 x 24.00 x 16.00 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Message From The Other Side, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Message From The Other Side, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    37¾ x 14⅛ in. 96.00 x 36.00 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Orbs, 2016
    Graeme Mitchell
    Orbs, 2016
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 in. 40.64 x 50.80 cm.
  • Graeme Mitchell, Seer, 2017
    Graeme Mitchell
    Seer, 2017
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 in. 40.64 x 50.80 cm.

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    Anne Marie Taylor, Curator, April 21, 2017
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