Mason Kimber

ARTIST STATEMENT

In my paintings the landscape is a setting for ambiguous scenes in which the viewer is welcome to peer in, but keep their distance. The original location of my scenes are based on photographs of the large houses and public spaces around where I live, but once entering the realm of paint, they transform into places which may exist only in the imagination.

Shifts in perspective, multiple layering of different paintings and seductive swimming pools are used to create a potential dialogue between the viewer and the painted spaces. Some areas may seem ocean deep, while other architectural parts of the painting have no depth at all and appear only as a facade.

I aim to delve into the happenings and social narratives of these locations by treating the painting like a moment captured in a film still. Working in both a figurative and realist style, my paintings are approached like storybook illustrations to my own personal thoughts and emotions. These paintings exist in a recognisable and familiar present, yet still offer a sense of dislocation and awkwardness that keep the viewer guessing.

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 Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

  • May 31 - June 25, 2006 - 'emerge '06' - Group Show A group exhibition by many of the artists represented by emerge ART SPACE including Lindsay Harris , Di Cubitt , Alana McVeigh , Mason Kimber, Kirstine Sadler , Eli Smith ,Estelle Dean , Berenice Rarig , Mel Dare , Angela McHarrie , and Tori Benz
  • August 9 - September 1, 2006 - 'Beyond' - Mason Kimber The thoughts and feelings of embarking on a trip to South America are the inspiration for 'Beyond',my first solo exhibition, as all works allude to the act of taking a journey into the unknown.
  • September 5th - September 23rd,2007 - 'Outsider' - Mason Kimber The title for this second solo show describes the viewer's point of view in all of the works - an outsider. These paintings attempt to describe the feeling of being a foreigner in a public space. The original locations of the scenes are based on recent photographs taken in Cuba, Mexico, Greece and also around where I live. Although based on photographs, once entering the realm of paint they transform into places that may only exist in imagination
  • February 13th - March 9th, 2008 - 'mix' - A group exhibition featuring painting and sculpture by emerge artists Pierre Capponi, Di Cubitt, Estelle Dean, Lindsay Harris, Gigi Hesterman, Mason Kimber, Angela McHarrie, Alana McVeigh, Berenice Rarig, Felicity Sivewright and introducing Jonah Cacioppe, Sharon Dawes, Daniel Iley and Jake Snell .
  • April 17th - April 20th, 2008 - 'Hideaway' (Renault New Generation Art at Art Melbourne 08) - Mason Kimber This new series of works titled 'Hideaway' explore the narrative potency of empty houses by creating an interaction between loose, painterly surfaces and solid life-like structures.

Mason Kimber: Works Available