Blurring the excellence between abstraction and figuration, Expanded Eye’s latest works discover themes of the divine female and “the peaceable energy of the Earthmother,” the duo says. Comprising Lisbon-based artists Jade Tomlinson and Kevin James, Expanded Eye is thought for characteristically geometric, figurative tattoos and assemblages (beforehand) that incorporate wooden and repurposed supplies into daring compositions. Via large-scale installations and framed items, the artists discover the probabilities of texture, sample, and colour.
Tomlinson and James have put their tattoo follow on maintain to concentrate on sculptural reliefs. Ceramic, specifically, has turn into a central tenet of their follow, impressed by the wealthy tile custom of Portugal, often called azulejo—an exemplification of cross-cultural alternate. The artists are eager about “utilizing this grounding, historic materials from the earth to depict serene guardians in earth tone colours, to evoke stillness and calm on this fast-paced world.”
Previous and current converge in Expanded Eye’s compositions, channeling an curiosity in timelessness and the continuum of clay, carving, and constructing strategies. The graphic components and fragmented options additionally name to early Twentieth-century artwork historic Modernism, particularly the Cubist motion. It’s this “fusion of conventional supplies with a novel trendy strategy that excites us—connecting the previous to the current,” the artists inform Colossal.
Expanded Eye is at present engaged on their largest tile fee to this point and plans to additional merge ceramics with different aspects of their follow. Discover extra on the artists’ web site and Instagram.
