Dark Silence In Suburbia

Friday, July 19, 2013

Charles Wilkin



Paper Collage 2013



Fleeting at Best, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Appreciate the Void, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Everything I Know, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Meanwhile, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Who Said They Have, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Clever Will Get You, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Specifics Are Permanent, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Fom The Other To Another, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Believer, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Also Are Manny, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Also Know As, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



You Will Never Know, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Unexpected, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Applied Pressure, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Say Say Say, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Walls We Build, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Bring On The Night, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Like Strangers, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Next Time It's True, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



Always There, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".



The Unspoken, 2013. Collage on paper, 8 x 11".







Paper Collage 2012



Beautiful Ways Divided, 2012. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



Speak Of The Devil, 2012. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



The Fates Are Strong, 2012. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



Setting The Trap, 2012. Collage on paper, 7 x 5".



In Threes, 2012. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



The Hollow Muse, 2012. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



A Caude and Effect, 2012. Collage on paper, 12 x 16".



The Reason Why, 2012. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



A Sea Changes, 2012. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



The Lost Are Found, 2012. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



Words Without Pages, 2012. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



The Never Are Meant To Be, 2012. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



For Neverland, A Crow I Seek, 2012. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



Love Has A Liquid center, 2012. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



This Way If You Please, 2012. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".





Paper Collage 2011



A Veil of Silence, 2011. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



Here Hold This Bag, 2011. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



Your Body IsA Spaceship, 2011. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



The Minor Seventh, 2011. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



Beyond, Forever I'm Watching You, 2011. Collage on paper, 11 x 14".



The Wolf Only Knocks Once, 2011. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".




Paper Collage 2010



A Leap Is Bound To Happen, 2010. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



The Sound of Triumph's Demise, 2010. Collage on paper, 12 x 14".



Time Travel Exchanged For Cash Money, 2010. Collage on paper, 12 x 14".



From The Start, Devastation At Last, 2010. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



Half Lives Now Pocket Size, 2010. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



The Silence Broken, Scenes Rewritten, 2010. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



A Sweet Sorrow, Millions Ignited, 2010. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".





Paper Collage 2009



This House of Fire, 2009. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



Untitled (July 1st), 2009. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



A Kings Ransom, 2009. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



Comparatively, Another Dimension, 2009. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



Afternoon Tea, 2009. Collage on paper, 6 x 10".



Untitled (The Wolf), 2009. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".




Paper Collage 2008-2001



Pimp Gets Audited, Claims It's Free Love, 2007. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



Untitled (Walking Fingers), 2007. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



The Whisper, 2007. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".



Untitled (Masked Crows), 2007. Collage on paper, 8 x 10".



Untitled (Feets), 2007. Collage on paper, 9 x 12".





Paper Collage 2000-1994




Untitled (Number 19), 1995. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



Untitled (The Button), 1995. Collage on paper, 5 x 6".



Men Talk, 1995. Collage on paper, 5 x 6".



You Can't Let a Man Out of Sight, 1995. Collage on paper, 6 x 9".



I Think About You Frequently, 1995. Collage on paper, 6 x 9".



The Solvent That Occurs, 1996. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



Untitled (Pill), 2005. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



Follow Instructions, 1996. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".



These Fine Emotions, 1996. Collage on paper, 5 x 7".





Digital Collage



Museums Are Full of Dead Ideas, 2010. Digital collage on bamboo board, 24 x 36".



Menace Travels, 2011. Digital collage on paper, 18 x 24".



A Shape Shifters Plural, 2011. Digital collage on paper, 18 x 24".



The Unforgiven, 2010. Digital collage on paper, 18 x 24".





Image Stains



Untitled (Stain #1), 2010. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".



Untitled (Stain #5), 2010. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".



Untitled (Stain #17), 2011. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".



Untitled (Stain #10), 2010. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".



Untitled (Stain #9), 2010. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".



Untitled (Stain #3), 2011. Pigment stain on postcard c-print, 16 x 24".





Mixed Media


Safety Pins For Caribbean Dreams, 2011. Mixed media on paper, 20 x 30".


Burn On, Location Unknown, 2010. Mixed media on paper, 20 x 24".


Epics in Transition, 2010. Mixed media on paper, 20 x 24".


Lock, Stock and Carol Anne, 2011. Mixed media on paper, 20 x 24".




Artist Statement
Fundamentally my work investigates the innate struggle between cause and effect. Derived primarily from the study of headlines, sounds bites and idle conversations my assemblages attempt to transpose these disjointed remnants of media overload and targeted consumption into tangible yet uncertain analogies. My motivation and objective is simply to mirror our behavior by fusing these cultural fragments into new stories that challenge our collective assumptions and aspirations. Offering in return alternate realities and uninhibited probabilities as a manifesto for absolution.
The immediate nature of collage along with the diverse mediums and improvisational assembly techniques I employ replicate the frenetic world we live in. By affording nothing more than filtered reflections my work is able to remove itself from the expectations of reality and aesthetic, relying rather on instinctual analysis as a means to critique our environment. This subjective process also provides an unobstructed opportunity to freely intertwine conventional artist mediums with modern technologies, such as giclee, polymer gel transfers and digital manipulation. Together these methods bridge the past with the present, transforming familiar imagery into mysterious quilt like compositions that expose humanities often misguided ambition for the future.
Through a compound perspective of suspicion and conviction my evaluation of this world is informed and revised daily, distilling further my underlying obsession with the idyllically mundane. From within this conceptual and systemic framework style and technique are exploited only as a means to an end. My work is essentially a product of its environment, for me clarity and relief is found solely through the process itself. What remains is a new and deconstructed remnant of our existence, an undefined record to be reconsidered. The conclusion, if any, is left to the viewer’s discretion.

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