Simon Attwooll.
Simon Attwooll.
Traces
“Considering destruction as a form of creation, I am thinking of the house fire image to reflect current universal anxieties surrounding loss, uncertainty and radical change yet also suggests a renewal, a fresh start from which new ideas and methods of working can have an opportunity to develop. I like the idea of reinvention which is made possible by the knowledge gained through the erasure of something old.
Layering charcoal scraped from a burnt-out house I experimented with a process to construct an image of this found house fire to bring the material world into this work which sits between but isn’t quite painting, drawing, printmaking and photography. An object made from the materials the image represents.”
— Simon Attwooll
Order, Chance and Destruction, 2023/24. Found photograph collaged into found matchboxes, 345 x 285mm.
Detail of 'Order, Chance and Destruction, 2023/24'.
Detail of 'Order, Chance and Destruction, 2023/24'.
Detail of 'Order, Chance and Destruction, 2023/24'.
Traces, 2023/24. Acrylic on ACM panel, 400 x 500mm (1200 x 2000mm) 12 panels.
Detail of 'Traces, 2023/24'.
Detail of 'Traces, 2023/24'.
Blowout, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm.
Indoor Outdoor Flow, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm.
Liberated Object, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on paper, collaged into found matchboxes, 845mm x 11350mm.
Detail of 'Liberated Object, 2023/24'.
It’s Not a Hole, It’s a Skylight, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm.
Splitting, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on paper, collaged into found matchboxes.
Burnt House on the Best Street, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm.
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 520 x 420mm.
Detail of 'Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, 2023/24'.
House Like a Hole, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm
First Responders, 2023/24. Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house on ACM panel, 420 x 520mm.
Detail of 'First Responders, 2023/24'.
