Fine Art Photography Glasgow School of Fine Art

Alesh Compton

 

Video Artist, Paris

 

 

I am a video artist interested in inter-disciplinary collaboration and the effects the digital world has had on our lives. My practice stems from a photographic base but has developed into moving image, painting, installation and kinetic art. I look to explore the constant digital stimulus that we are exposed to and create a link to the hidden influence it has had on our lives. Inspired by Avant-Garde art movements such as Gutai, I project the action and performative aspect of my artistic process as an integral part of the finished art work. I believe art is created by people who are alive to express their lived experience. I have no aspiration to create art for art’s sake, art that is novel, or art that seeks to be meaningful. I look to express my position within the intense dynamics and changes that are happening in the world at a time when the flow of (digital) images is extensive and fast. I am constantly experimenting with techniques and materials and do not limit my practice into one specialization. I believe Change and freedom be critical to my time and generation.  Born from a core of personal questions, my work is characterized by my need to comprehend the indiscernible aspects of life.

 

I look to engage my audience by using recognizable symbols mixed with new technologies, in this way I hope to invite the audience to reconsider their position within the context of my artwork and by extension, their position in the world around them.

 

Contact
aleshcompton@gmail.com
A.Compton1@student.gsa.ac.uk
instagram.com
vimeo.com
Series
Fried Eggz
Glass Half…
Running Man

Fried Eggz

My second Gutai style painting made earlier this year. The concept was to document the act of frying eggs. I painted a pan, threw paint filled eggs into the pan and with the heat from a fire, cooked them to perfection

 

Spray Paint & Acrylic on Canvas

260 x 280

 

For Sale: £1500

Glass Half…

Glass Half is the first of my Gutai series of paintings. The concept was to paint a glass in the rain and attempt to fill it whilst the water simultaneously washed it away. The final image is a glass that is neither full nor empty rather a document of the performing painting in the rain

 

Oil & Spray Paint on Canvas

350 x 280

 

For Sale: £1,500

Glass Half...

Spray Paint on Canvas 350 x 280

Running Man

My third & most recent Gutai style painting that I have been working on. The concept was to document the act of moving across the canvas. The trace is made using a paint cannon that was fired and made with the help of Ned Prizeman.

 

Acrylic on Paper

150 x 300

 

For sale: £1200