The influential art critic of the sixties, Clement Greenberg, referred to the aesthetic philosophy of Immanuel Kant in his writings. What is beautiful and what is our cognitive value of judgement.? I am interested in Art that is self-reflecting on its own condition as Art. My practice requires a different mode of attention to popular culture and therein lays its criticality. Can we engage with the philosophy of aesthetics and even in these Post Modernist times make a judgement as to what, in the eye of the beholder, is beautiful.

Artist Statement.

My strengths as an artist are directed towards creating and building my abstract pieces of art. I started my Artistic journey focused on sculpting large 3D abstract steel structures and have subsequently taken this passion for construction onto the canvas and Fabriano paper. I construct around colour, patterns and form, introducing layering where appropriate. I enjoy the random introduction of a fresh process and use all sorts of media. I mix the all the elements together where I can, sometimes with surprising outcomes. Gestural stokes combine with shadows and media to turn the art space into a sensory encounter between different movements within the work. I focus totally on the artwork that I am creating and the emotion response that I encounter while fully engaged is consuming, visually, mentally and physically. My Artwork references a combination of historical traditions from abstract expressionism to colour field painting and on towards the openness of graffiti. My abstract work is born out of energy and becomes energy.

Melanie Baxter.

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