ABSTRACTION IN VISIBLE
When the digital print combines with traditional painted medium of what importance is the significance of the surface? The proposed visualizations and materialized works delved into an innovative approach toward image creation methodologies, researching and integrating emotive and subjective abstract imagery in digital, traditional and non-traditional forms. Implementing the latest technologies in image creation works documented emotive spaces and impressions of Singapore to build illusions of three-dimensional creative vision; moving forward to using this imagery as a resource for more creative work that will be comprised of an exploration of manipulated surfaces and mixed media structures in site specific settings.
Contemporary painting practice is not taking advantage of integrating traditional painting methods of abstract painting with available digital prototyping and printing devices to create high impact artworks in public spaces. Usually the outcome of digital painting is dull digital print that lacks the physical presence interest and excitement of traditional art forms. To avoid that the aim was to customize unusual materials and transferring digital images to absorbent, non-absorbent and three-dimensional surfaces. Layering digital paintings within virtual and real urban public spaces originated extraordinary art visualizations extending beyond traditional canvases. Working on an architectural scale created an even greater physical presence of digitally generated images. Once imagery is combined with outsized and multidimensional surfaces, the creative possibilities become vast and influence applications of new emerging technologies. Parallel with digital visualizations and prototyping experimenting with a wide range of numerous uncoated flexible and rigid substrates was possible with the help of specialized large format UV curable flatbed inkjet printers, – UV VUTEk ® QS2000 series and Mimaki JF Series, perfecting ultraviolet (UV) curable inks . A number of physical prototypes were test-printed using various printing substrates (rice paper, textiles & dye sublimation, textured canvas, metal, acrylic polycarbonate, Dibond).
Abstraction in Visible are a series of visual explorations proposed for Singapore Cityscapes and later proposed and executed for solo exhibitions in Singapore and Japan.