VERONICA
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
The physical and philosophical theme of war camouflage is not just a military usage but has become a part of our everyday civilian milieu. Camouflage is used as a means of transformation to blend in or for temporary concealment. It can also invade our perception of visibility and identity.
Artist Veronica Keith’s works uses iconic imagery, such as vintage-wear made for the WWI Women’s Reserve. She focuses on the notion of camouflage as something beyond a physical protective barrier; camouflage challenges the difference between our personal and private lives, the political and social innuendos of the hidden and apparent.
VERONICA KEITH ON
Fluster, 2017
Oil on canvas
20” x 48”
I create visual manifestations, intertwining abstract formations, whirring micro-surfaces, and framework of planes within a two-dimensional space. My compositions translate into temporal flows and multilayered complexities, free of narrative constraints and reflect the space that exists between illusion and reality; the in-between which emphasizes an imagined location while enhancing the visual sensory perception. I paint my manifestations in a particular range of colors, and with a certain flatness. By altering these abstract formations and the negative space around them, my work becomes illusionistic and dreamlike. I try to convey a sense of wonder, a unique experience using the notion of camouflage as something beyond a physical protective barrier; camouflage challenges the difference between transformation and concealment and redefines our perception. This can inform how things are seen, while permeating and transforming the visible, the hidden, and the apparent.
ORIGINAL VERONICA KEITH ARTWORKS ON
