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The work I make is an exploration of the mysterious inclinations and suggestions of the unconscious. I am interested in entropy and the dissipation of things over time. |
The work I make is an exploration of the mysterious inclinations and suggestions of the unconscious. I am interested in entropy and the dissipation of things over time. In these spaces the re-contextualised object becomes an evocative story-telling medium, an updated Grimm’s fairytale, where the photograph/object as memento mori merges with the suggestion of other presences.
Chris Webster was born in England in 1965. Webster trained as an artist in South Africa during the 1980?s where he began to interpret the political hegemony of apartheid as a�ruinous Mephistophelean presence. As a�result, underlying his work are themes relating to dark power, memory, magic and the irrational. He has worked with a�variety of materials and processes including paint, photography, print and constructs. Webster has exhibited widely including exhibitions in Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, New York, Chicago, Berlin, Baltimore and London. He has recently received European funding for a�touring exhibition, Cipher, which begins in October 2005.
