White Space Gallery 1

David Om

20 x 20 cm | 7 x 7 in


Subject: Abstract
Tags: White, Minimal, Astronaut


Original mixed media painting and sculpture in acrylic on the reverse of a canvas, incorporating a small figurine on the bottom stretcher bar.

"Painting Is Infinite 55 (White Space Gallery) involves both the artist's Painting is Infinite* series and a reference to his Spacewalk** Series in the form of a an actualised 3D astronaut which has been specially 3D printed by the artist.
* PAINTING IS INFINITE SERIES: Takes its title from a David Lynch quote, when he stated that the restrictions of the film-making process do not apply to the field of painting and that indeed 'painting is infinite'. This series plays with the quote on a literal level; celebrating the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art, and how we choose to perceive ourselves within the universe as equal if not quite a part of it. Each work presents a platform for the contemplation of the universe by using a standard box canvas that has been redefined in order to function as a device through which to wonder at the mysteries and scale of the universe. These works are essentially an ode to the infinite faculties of human imagination and creativity. 
** SPACEWALK SERIES: Before the blackness of the void, a lone astronaut floats above the earth below; this minimal series consists of of variations in composition of these three elements; mankind/earth/the void. In ancient times Socrates wrote that "Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives".


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Selected for: Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2017, John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Lynn Painter-Stainers 2015. Pre-selected for: Royal Society of British Artists 2015, BP Portrait Award 2015.


David OMs skyscapes and telescopes communicate a huge sense of scale. Observatories ogle upwards like giant eyeballs, and miniature figurines gaze outwards through trompe d'oiel windows – created by the frame that stretches the canvas. Showing us the back of the canvas in this way suggests that the image lies somewhere in the infinite yonder.

There is a sense of dignified Zen-like detachment to much of David OM's work, many of his compositions function through minimalism and juxtaposition clarified through studious critical practice. At the core of his work oscillates a pure sense of wonder alternating with a cold nihilism. His art often interacts with space science and astronomy whilst incorporating a metaphysical subtext that enables subject matter to assume new (often existential) symbolic meanings.

Astrophysics and figurine art are both subjects that capture the public imagination at present. Brian Cox meets London street artist Slinkachu with these playful reflections on the universe.


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