CASPAR FAIRHALL

Paintings - Constructions - Drawings - Digital Works

13 May - 6 June 2001

Artist's Statement: "Television screens provide us with knowledge and information on the world, most of which is incomplete and often dubious. This is the starting point for much of my current work.. But rather than take issue with the content of television it's more interesting to seek the connections between TV and our much older desire to understand the world through visual models. The test pattern in particular interests me, as it is used to calibrate the television but in so doing turns a TV from an instrument of 'realism' into something closely resembling certain strands of 20th century abstract painting. To me this is like a crack in the illusion that shows the artificial nature of the medium".

Installation Views

PAINTINGS

1

Plus minus 2001
Oil on Canvas
198 x 198 cm
$ 3,500


2

Meanwhile, between frames 2001
Oil and Decoupage on Canvas
182.5 x 152 cm
$ 2,800


3

Through pearly phosphors 2001
Oil on Canvas
137 x 137.5 cm
$ 2,500


4

On on 2000/2001
Oil on Canvas
112 x 122 cm
$ 2,200


5

Live to air 2000/2001
Oil and Decoupage on Panel
84 x 80.5 cm
$ 1,200
(Acquired BankWest Collection)

6

In transmission 2001
Oil on Panel
84 x 80.5 cm
$ 1,200


7

Dawn 2000/2001
Oil and Decoupage on panel
60.5 x 60 cm
$ 950
(Sold)


8

CXED 2000/2001
Oil and Decoupage on panel
60.5 x 60 cm
$ 950
(Sold)


9

Horizon 2001
Oil and Decoupage on panel
6 x 114.5 cm
$ 700
(Sold)


10

Event IV 1999/2001
Oil on Canvas
19 x 19 cm
$ 250
(Sold)

 

WORKS ON PAPER

11

Faroscope, live 2000
Watercolour on Paper
29.5 x 27 cm
$ 550
(Sold)


12

Not and or to then if 2001
Inkjet on Paper
36 x 64 cm
$ 850
(Acquired BankWest Collection)


13

There are many 2001
Inkjet on Paper
36 x 65 cm
$ 850


14

Slow phosphors (between frames) 2001
Inkjet on Paper
40 x 65 cm
$ 850


15

Guide to better living V 2001
Inkjet on Paper
48.5 x 65 cm
$ 900


16

Through time (in code) 2001
Inkjet on Paper
40 x 64 cm
$ 900


17

Behind the screen 2001
Inkjet on Paper
48.5 x 65 cm
$ 900


18

-The hidden life of screens I 2001
Inkjet on Paper
40 x 88.5 cm
$ 900


19

The hidden life of screens II 2001
Inkjet on Paper
40 x 88.5 cm
$ 950

Acknowledgements : Caspar Fairhall would like to thank Jaz Design and Multimedia for their generous support during the preparation of this exhibition. All prices are inclusive of GST - Prices of Works on Paper include archival framing