Barry Cawston

Dreams of a Distant Conversation by Barry Cawston. 120 x 100cm Acrylic Mount

2015

An image to contemplate… a choice of red or blue… a conversation waiting to happen or one long past…. a journey into the light or into incarceration – The Spaces in Between series...

An image to contemplate… a choice of red or blue… a conversation waiting to happen or one long past…. a journey into the light or into incarceration – The Spaces in Between series...

A table awaiting bread to be broken and wine to be drunk… – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories ...

A table awaiting bread to be broken and wine to be drunk… – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories ...

Archival photo print under museum acrylic. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Edition of 5 Montreal-based artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux has been creating virtual wor...

Interior – Mollino House This painting captures a quiet and atmospheric view of the interior of Casa Mollino, transforming one of Carlo Mollino’s most iconic domestic spaces into a ...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutting-edge media technology as well as his expertise in photography cast him as pioneer in digital art and allow him to develop virtual matrix from which he extracts his images. In his works he explores a universe that lies at the crossroad of abstraction and the figurative, inviting the viewer to determine if what he sees is a reflection of reality or imagination. Through is truly unique approach RIOUX is one of the most innovative artists in digital creations and one of the few creative minds able to blend with such keenness aesthetics research and critical distance. Whether they translate into a Dantesque urbanity or the infinite horizon of a turquoise ocean, the urban territory reflected by his creations offers a dystopian view of the world, challenging our attitude towards the environment and the future. From the onset, RIOUX has no intention of matching IRL expectations of what digital art 'should' look like, but strives to play with our notions of what's real, what's not, how we remember, and how we infer meaning into imaginary visual constructs. --- RIOUX started the Renaissance project in 2016. Renaissance further develops themes explored by RIOUX in his earlier series Turquoise Default. It is not merely a progression however, but also a contrast. This new series poses questions about hope, which is perhaps now more relevant than ever. “Renaissance invokes in us a sense of uncertainty and a self-awareness of our limits, of an infinity made apparent by the horizon line, the vanishing point, the moment in any spatial or temporal projection beyond which we can no longer see, but from which, nonetheless, we know the universe carries on. At the same time it poses a choice to us: do we accept the openness of abstraction or do we insist on imposing a (false) certainty of representation in what we see in these images. Hope is a faith made possible by uncertainty and the unknown, by an understanding that history and the future are creative acts, works of art in which we all participate.” Neal Rockwell There are 18 pieces in the RENAISSANCE collection. Each archival pigment print is produced under the supervision of the artist. The print is mounted under a single piece of 1/4"/ 6 mm gallery...

Archival photo print under acrylic glass. Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. Depth: 1/4 in. Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada. His lifelong interest in cutti...