Kip Harris

Artist - Kip Harris

Series - Wall Abstracts

Source - Lens Culture - https://www.lensculture.com/editors_pick?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=100542 (accessed 6/05/2015)

The images in this series resulted from hours of wandering through poorer parts of cities looking at 

collapsing walls. All of the photos were taken in available light.

This reminds me of the earlier work I posted of the flaking wheat paste politicians! The interest is in the texture of the street - its vibe and feeling is conveyed in such an interesting way. This series of work literally looks like high art abstract paintings and in this sense I think that they're really clever because they are mismatching blotches of colour placed carelessly. It is like when an artist wants a serendipitous splash of colour to happen but this is really just that - it was never created with the intention to be presented as art. For this reason I think it is such an intriguing project and they are interesting in a purely formal aesthetic.

I am reminded of American Expressionism 

The wall as canvas

“... the canvas began to appear ... as an arena in which to act. What was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event."

—Harold Rosenberg