Homage To Yves Klein - Buttercup BCC 53

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.

A series of works that combine references to the British Colour Council Dictionary of Colour Standards and Yves Klein's 10 Paintings pseudo catalogue 1954

Textile Thread on Paper

37x31cm

Framed