Exhibition
Colour Chart
The work selected for this exhibition references the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards. A collaboration with poet Judith Wilson has resulted in a collection of poems that reference the colours’ nomenclature. These can be seen alongside monochrome paintings that seek to reinterpret the colours. The colour chart is a format adopted by many artists in various ways. Colour charts came into use by the 1880’s as mass production of ready mixed paints came onto the market. Their design established a format that has not changed since that time, a set of individual units arranged in rows and columns. ‘Unlike that of the colour wheel, there is no logic to the sequences of colour ranges…it is a non-hierarchical list of colours.’ (ref Colour Chart - Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today; MOMA; 2008).
📅 16 April - 7 May 2022
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📍 Artizan Printmaking & Sculpture Gallery
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Heather Boxall
Colour is central to my practice, and it is how colour operates on many different levels that interests me, be it visually, emotionally, cognitively. My work draws on references from the natural world, texts, poems, and a sense of place. According to neuroscientist, Anya Hurlbert, colours are linked to our ability to conceptualise, categorise, and label. My recent work has been focused on responding to colour-charts. In particular I have been working with the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards (BCC). This publication was first produced in the 1930’s and was used as the standard for textile and other colour using industries. The colour chart, made with an accompanying dictionary, has 240 silk colour swatches. My interest in this publication is also linked to location. West Yorkshire has many small towns that thrived on the manufacture and trade of the textile industry. It is the multifaceted possibilities of colour and colour as material that I continue to explore through my work.
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Referencing the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards.
Mulitfaceted Possibilities Of Colour
The work selected for this exhibition references the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards. A collaboration with poet Judith Wilson has resulted in a collection of poems that reference the colours’ nomenclature. These can be seen alongside monochrome paintings that seek to reinterpret the colours. The colour chart is a format adopted by many artists in various ways. Colour charts came into use by the 1880’s as mass production of ready mixed paints came onto the market. Their design established a format that has not changed since that time, a set of individual units arranged in rows and columns. ‘Unlike that of the colour wheel, there is no logic to the sequences of colour ranges…it is a non-hierarchical list of colours.’ (ref Colour Chart - Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today; MOMA; 2008).
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