The Paradox of Power
Certain subjects are limited by representing them in either two or three-dimensional art techniques. Spriggs has developed an environment that breaks free from the laws that constrict both two- and three- dimensional materials. The appearance of three-dimensional forms is created by drawing or painting cross-sections of a subject onto multiple layers of transparent film. In this constructed space, he creates visual signs which broaden ways to think about concepts like; deconstruction, symbolism, movement, and the immaterial. In his most recent artwork ‘The Paradox of Power’ the inverted bull is deconstructed, regulated, repressed, and contained to reformulate the symbol of power; an immobilized version or antithesis of power.
David Spriggs
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Artist Bio
David Spriggs was born in 1978 in Manchester, England. In 1992 he immigrated to Canada. Recently, he received his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Concordia University, Montreal. From Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in Vancouver, B.C, he received his B.F.A. in painting and sculpture. As part of his graduate studies he attended the Bauhaus University in Germany, and in his undergraduate at St. Martins College of Art & Design in London.
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