Selection of Recent Work - oil on canvas
In his collection of new work, Stephen Ibbott draws from the semiotic resources provided by Western culture over the centuries and collapses them into a 21st century mode of visualization, playfully operating within the traditional still life genre. The works rely on the viewer’s cultural knowledge of historical objects, now so readily available through Internet propagation and Google image searches. Indeed, images from art history have become so ubiquitous that they too are now considered in the context of Pop. The trans-historical contexualizations demonstrate how the visual meanings inscribed in objects such as antiquities and eBay collectables are mutually affected and cross-pollinated. Ibbott’s idealized encapsulations of pop, modern, and antiquity begin as digitally-composed collages and are then painted freehand in oil on canvas.
Jodie Elliott
2010 Hey Monkey! - oil on canvas and acrylic on aluminium
2009 - Love in Digital Times - acrylic on aluminium
2008 - Love in Digital Times - acrylic on aluminium
2007 - Love in Digital Times - acrylic on aluminium
2006 - Love in Digital Times - acrylic on aluminium
2005 - I Can Control Chaos - acrylic on aluminium and plywood
2005 - Remarkable Stories - acrylic on aluminium
2004 - Secrets From the Master Plan - acrylic on plexiglas
2003 - Somewhere Over the 10011101110110 - enamel paint on aluminium
2002 - Ctrl/Shift - acrylic on aluminium
