2019


Iteration Self , Tacit Art


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'Iteration Self', revisits Bateson’s 2000 Em’bedded exhibition, an early exploration of self and sexuality that looked at changes of beauty and self awareness fuelled by his coming out. Iteration Self revisits the concepts of beauty and physicality and explores new notions of altered self, post chemoterapy treatment.

Bateson’s work looks to immortalise the physical self in an attempt to extend mortality through the making of layered, meditative, rhythmic works.

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‘Iteratio’ represents Bateson’s latest telling of a narrative of paint. The simple replication of a line following a partial arc until it becomes a field of immersive colour and tone. It is ultimately a journey of freedom and triumph as much as it is a production of subtle beauty. The elaborate richness of the surface is a testimony to what can be done with one simple line if you repeat it often enough.

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TJ Bateson’s new body of work is heavily driven by process. It is machine-like, but not arbitrary. It is scaffolded by mechanisms but still shows the traditional hand-painted line of the brush. It functions as a healing and meditative activity in its repetition. His subdued tonal range calls our attention to the whispered differences between shades and tones: he layers the marks and gestures heavily.

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