Tim Bavington
Sub-Title:
Paintings 1998-2005Author:
Tim BavingtonPublisher:
Gerhard Steidl Druckerei und VerlagPublication Date:
07-01-2006ISBN:
9783865212856Pages:
128Available as:
Paperback, 9783865212856Description:
Working with the strict format of the vertical stripe, Tim Bavington has explored multiple theories of organization as the basis for making paintings. From intuition and chance to architectural systems and information bar-coding. In recent years his interest has turned to music as a compositional system based on a theory of harmony - an idea that goes back to the Renaissance. In a kind of post-conceptual process, Bavington transposes samples of music (riffs, guitar solos and entire songs) into stripes by combining the 12-tone musical scale with a 12-hue color palette. Notes are assigned colors and the length each note is held determines stripe widths. He then uses a spray gun to apply paint to canvas in a manner that allows the lines to blend, bleed and fuse into a vibrant continuous field. While neither attempting to capture music with painting nor the "Spirit" of Rock and Roll, the painter finds expression in the form of color and geometry. The difference between using a score to make a painting and using a score to perform music is that each creates a distinct temporal experience. The sheet music is to its performance as the sketch is to the process of painting. The score and the sketch lay down guidelines with some specificity, and they are both open to interpretation and arrangement. Played as music, however, the score dictates a narrative experience - each part of the composition presented in a certain order and a specific duration. The audience is cast in a passive role. Used as sketch for a painting, the composition is presented all at once and results in an experience of a different order. Individual viewers create their own chronology as active participants in the contemplation of the work. Within this distinction resides the one of unique powers that painting retains in relation to many other, particularly technological, contemporary experiences. This publication surveys the development of Tim Bavington's work over the past eight years. Emphasis is placed on work since 2002 for which the artist has utilized musical structure as the foundation for his paintings.
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