A little bit more about Aimee Parrott
In Aimee’s words “A portrait is a representation; it is in essence, something and nothing, a contradiction. Painting seems to emphasise this paradox because of the tension between surface and illusion. I find one often disrupts the other; the mind tries to suspend disbelief but is interrupted by the physicality of the paint. I am interested in this friction; the lack of substance that undermines the fine skin of illusionary space.”
Aimee is concerned with how paint can change an image. Is it possible to reveal the process of observing and recording over an extended period of time? Like viewing the past through a history of slides, each colouring the one before; experiencing a sort of cumulative vision.
The notion of metamorphosis is a consideration in Aimee’s practice. She aspires to create images that are in an apparent state of flux; to the point where visual information breaks down, and gaps appear.
Aimee explains “A painting isn’t fixed to representation or ‘reality’ in the same way that a photograph is, therefore it bursts with the potential for elaboration. My objective is to create painting that whilst indebted to the visual language of photography appears to disturb its sleek surface and undermine its apparent absolute solidity of representation and recognition.”