I had a bad dream that I was a very, very good singer
2006, oil on canvas
See how the wind helicopters my arms into lifting me
2006, oil on canvas
Scott Flanagan is concerned with two kinds of seeing: how the eye receives and processes colour, tone and texture, and how the mind perceives and translates that information to create meaning. The tendency of the eye to convert abstract forms into recognisable patterns is a basic human response; this, Flanagan contends, applies as readily to viewing a painting made up of layered yellow squares as to finding shapes in cliff faces or clouds, or even ‘miraculously’ seeing the face of the Virgin Mary in an oil stain or a slice of bread.
Read an essay by Felicity Milburn about this work
