Jan Kathleen, Transparency book 2021, Acrylic/sequins on protective plastic sheets on a binder. 8.5x11 inches
Jan Kathleen, Transparency series 2021
Acrylic on Projector plastic films photographed in environment, 8.5x11 inches
Transparency is defined by allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen. As I find myself often staring outside my window next to my bed during quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I long for the normalcy and freedom that I can no longer access in the outside world. This window serves as my vehicle to explore using my imagination of the wonderful landscapes I can visit in my head.
I am interested in looking through the surface and being able to see the dimensionality of whats in front of me in relation to its background. Similar to how Katie Rodgers would create her 3D shadow boxes mimicking a miniature theatric set design, her technique of working backwards by using the last page as its main foundation to build layers and create depth is a great resource for this series.
In my series called Transparency book, one is able to peel layers of the painting as you flip the pages, with the verso and recto painted images changing, building up and regressing with every turn. With each unfolding of the piece, compositions are made with sides of the pages, almost having a before and after transition right before your eyes.
This interactive process give the audience an insight to a broken down dimensionality of an artist’s usually hidden process of painting over, covering up, layering and building up of an image. This series is binded in a tractable binder, giving the opportunity to rearrange pages and change up the composition anytime, leaving room for the viewer to experiment and become the artist themselves.
In the series, I am exploring transparency through clear plastic materials such as protective binder pages, projector plastic films, holographic bags and on top of paintings in which process of painting responds immediately to what I see lying beneath. Other unconventional supports are used such as a mirror and an iPad; a contrast of a virtual world being translated in a traditional fine art practice of painting. I had a chance to paint plein air, capturing the essence of the environment as it changes through time, and having the painting become its own scenery within the landscape.
It has been a very interactive painting experience painting in a real life moving environment and capturing it in a static painting. I have a control on how I want to arrange these shapes, colors and forms on my canvas as if I am editing it in Photoshop through painting. These paintings are extensions of real life landscapes that are translated through paintings of how I see it in my head. It is important that I am able to photograph the series in its real life habitat, providing the push and pull of 3 dimensionality and the 2D dimensionality of a painting.
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