"Portraits" by Canadian illustrator William Fisk
William Fisk who's spent the last decade painting impossibly realistic
portraits of everything from vintage cameras to aging computer consoles. Fisk focuses on monochromatic objects—with an emphasis on chrome. (A
nice way of saying: he likes shiny things.) Fisk also seems fascinated
with even the simplest components, from headphones to cable cords.
"The conceptual motivation for the production of this series of paintings has been to try to reach the fullness of an idea that offers viewers the means to access the contents of their imagination and its significance. In creating a series of paintings that addresses and reviews a perspective revolving around a single concept, my intention is to establish the foundation upon which viewers are invited to interpret the work as a whole. As a consequence, viewers are invited to examine the formal considerations of the work in relation to the emblematic significance of its content.
As opposed to antiquities, which usually carry a strict provenance, the objects depicted in the Portrait Series were purchased second hand, without any tangible reference to the previous owner. They are specific utilitarian objects — 35mm cameras, light bulbs, shoes, pay phones, trophies, furniture, and clothing — that have experienced undeterminable yet indisputable human contact. Commonplace and seemingly bereft of any historical significance, these artifacts are none the less theoretically connected with the untold, recondite stories of the people with whom they have interacted. Altering the context with which these objects are ordinarily associated, that of benign servitude, and depicting them in a traditional medium, my intent is to elevate them to a status that challenges us to define its significance to us or to other autonomous individuals."
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