James Moore
www.jamescmoore.org
@jc_moore
Statement:
The two paintings are of the landscape backdrops that appear in film company logos, one is Paramount Pictures, the other is Columbia Pictures. They fit the BEEP theme as the imagery has been changed through the removal of the logo text and figures, but also, the backdrop landscape is still the same. So nothing has changed, everything has changed.
The imagery that the film logos use are amped up, over the top landscapes that ape romantic painting. They're landscapes that we've all seen in the cinema - something which gives them a power interconnected with memories. Film company logos evolve over time, and I've always been fascinated by these immense spaces that we catch a glimpse of for a few seconds before the films start. I've been painting images of artificial and simulated spaces for years, and the recognisable locations from the virtual screen-space of a thousand movies slots straight into this ongoing interest of mine in painting the simulacra and fictions we create for our entertainment.
www.jamescmoore.org
@jc_moore
Statement:
The two paintings are of the landscape backdrops that appear in film company logos, one is Paramount Pictures, the other is Columbia Pictures. They fit the BEEP theme as the imagery has been changed through the removal of the logo text and figures, but also, the backdrop landscape is still the same. So nothing has changed, everything has changed.
The imagery that the film logos use are amped up, over the top landscapes that ape romantic painting. They're landscapes that we've all seen in the cinema - something which gives them a power interconnected with memories. Film company logos evolve over time, and I've always been fascinated by these immense spaces that we catch a glimpse of for a few seconds before the films start. I've been painting images of artificial and simulated spaces for years, and the recognisable locations from the virtual screen-space of a thousand movies slots straight into this ongoing interest of mine in painting the simulacra and fictions we create for our entertainment.
Clouds near Haleakala Crater Maui (Columbia Pictures)
50 x 30cm
Oil
2020
50 x 30cm
Oil
2020