Artist Talk - Scott Sueme: Homework

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Scott Sueme, "Shoestrings & High Tops," 2018

acrylic on panel, 48" x 36”

Opening Reception: Friday, May 11, 6-9pm. Artist in attendance.

Artist Talk: Saturday, May 26, 1pm. Artist in attendance.

Building from his previous show, Retreat, Sueme continues his ongoing consideration for shape and colour, explored through hard-edged, yet painterly compositions. Refined to simplistic curves and formations, his work resists identifiable reference, allowing the viewer to consider a subject beyond context or representation. Indebted to 20th century abstraction and modernist design, Sueme brings equal attention to both process and form.

In this exhibit, Sueme draws inspiration from notions of repetition, cataloging, and methods of study - described by the artist as assignments or homework. Prior to painting, the artist investigates composition through the use of cut paper and overhead projection, exposing positive and negative gestures. These early exercises in spatial study inform the direction of the work, establishing a baseline for engagement. As form and colour are composed, we experience their interactions as moments of playful conversation, where elements vibrate with one another and settle in harmony. Each composition exercises balance that is heightened by the range of scale and distribution, where objects are in a constant flux yet in sync. Homework, as a new departure, aims to consider painting as a means of self directed study. By separating out the parts to a whole, we observe how elements communicate through an active visual language.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Scott Sueme is a Canadian artist raised in Vancouver, BC, currently working out of his studio near Vancouver’s Olympic Village. Since attending Emily Carr in 2006, Sueme has been working as a graphic artist and painter. Starting in the graffiti subculture he has ventured personally and commercially through art, design, and installation painting. Sueme has been commissioned to work with collaborators such as HCMA Architecture, P22dDesign, and The City of Vancouver. Recently, Sueme has completed a large scale public art project with The City of Vancouver and tech company Hootsuite, wrapping a full 3 story building for the Vancouver Mural Festival in 2016. In 2017 with the Vancouver Parks Board, Sueme also completed a public art piece on the surface of the basketball court in Mount Pleasant Park.