Colm Mac Athlaoich, The solemn geography of human limits
130 x 100cm
Oil on canvas
note: please contact us at hello@glovebox.space to enquire about this work
This series of figurative works are based on photographs sourced from sport photography, specifically photofinish images which capture the finishing stage of races. With photofinish photography, the camera naturally abstracts the figures as they speed past the lens, elongating and tightening limbs set against a blurred background which only reveal track lines, creating a grid like surface. Although intended as a technical system to accurately mark race positions, these images present a starting point to explore potential pictorial possibilities. Exploring the processes of image production open up new approaches in painting, setting new parameters and approaches to representation.
Mac Athlaoich’s paintings deal with ideas of materiality, process and perception. His works sit between figuration and abstraction, exploring the space between. He draws from his varied background in music as well as years of working for the Press media to question our relationship with the mass produced image. Sourcing material from online social platforms as well as self documentation form a starting point to explore ideas of contemporary pathos and idyll.
130 x 100cm
Oil on canvas
note: please contact us at hello@glovebox.space to enquire about this work
This series of figurative works are based on photographs sourced from sport photography, specifically photofinish images which capture the finishing stage of races. With photofinish photography, the camera naturally abstracts the figures as they speed past the lens, elongating and tightening limbs set against a blurred background which only reveal track lines, creating a grid like surface. Although intended as a technical system to accurately mark race positions, these images present a starting point to explore potential pictorial possibilities. Exploring the processes of image production open up new approaches in painting, setting new parameters and approaches to representation.
Mac Athlaoich’s paintings deal with ideas of materiality, process and perception. His works sit between figuration and abstraction, exploring the space between. He draws from his varied background in music as well as years of working for the Press media to question our relationship with the mass produced image. Sourcing material from online social platforms as well as self documentation form a starting point to explore ideas of contemporary pathos and idyll.
130 x 100cm
Oil on canvas
note: please contact us at hello@glovebox.space to enquire about this work
This series of figurative works are based on photographs sourced from sport photography, specifically photofinish images which capture the finishing stage of races. With photofinish photography, the camera naturally abstracts the figures as they speed past the lens, elongating and tightening limbs set against a blurred background which only reveal track lines, creating a grid like surface. Although intended as a technical system to accurately mark race positions, these images present a starting point to explore potential pictorial possibilities. Exploring the processes of image production open up new approaches in painting, setting new parameters and approaches to representation.
Mac Athlaoich’s paintings deal with ideas of materiality, process and perception. His works sit between figuration and abstraction, exploring the space between. He draws from his varied background in music as well as years of working for the Press media to question our relationship with the mass produced image. Sourcing material from online social platforms as well as self documentation form a starting point to explore ideas of contemporary pathos and idyll.