Philconstableartist

Artist statement

I’m interested in how space & objects hold memories. An empty high rise flat, ghost path, family photo, old billboards, tagging, graffiti. Connecting to create a visual response.

My work is about layering these ideas together. The direction has been to work on glass in reverse as I'm interested in playing with the order we reflect and what triggers memories. The silvering is an organic process, like screen printing, in the respect that you never know the true outcome until the silvering process. I create reverse art on glass using gilding, screen printing, spray paint, enamel paints and hand silvering. Silvering and gold are rooted in history as a way of showing wealth and grandness. Mirrors are everyday objects that don’t really exist, however, they confirm our physical self in reverse.

Biography

Born in Canterbury, Kent, 1971. Graduated BA (hons) Fine Art, Liverpool John Moore’s University 1995. MA Creative Technology at the University of Salford 1998. I am interested in how space and objects hold memories that continue through time. My work is driven by the ghosts of the past, whether an empty high rise flat, a path in the woods or family photo. Engaging with these spaces, objects and histories to create a visual response.

Phil has been working as an artist for over twenty years. My work expands from site- specific installation in New York to moving image light installations in London. I am now creating work as a commercial artist been represented by Comma Ca Arts, Manchester and KIN Gallery, Manchester. As a result of learning how to silver using techniques th