David King
Recycled Goethe mirror, wood, recycled packaging, light. Approx. 4’ x 6’ x 6’ 2010
Recycled Goethe mirror, wood, recycled packaging, light. Approx. 4’ x 6’ x 6’ 2010
Artist Statement
In my studio practice, I have been compelled to represent ideas and images through material accumulation and manipulation. I explore the material and immaterial properties of glass through intensive technical investigation and exhaustive experimentation; this constitutes the foundation of my material, aesthetic and conceptual research. The objects and installations that I make are intended to invite participation and cultivate understanding but at the same time connote distortion, dissidence and confusion.
In my current body of work I am investigating the potential of portraiture that exploits the subject’s misrepresentation through a distorted historical lens. I use light, glass and other materials to convey experiences that may be transient or disorientating. I intend to exploit the poetic potential of phenomena related to visual perception such as perspective, optical illusions and the refraction of light. This work explores the connections between our collective understanding of the natural world and the avenues by which we experience and have defined that world.