Steven Aalders: Act (red)

Steven Aalders: Act (red)Steven Aalders is known for his meticulous hand made abstract oil paintings, in which the heritage of modernism of Mondrian and the American Minimal Art has been processed. His work is an attempt to embody the essence, to create light and space through paint. Also to remap the tradition of history of art. Modernist serial principles such as repetition and sameness are both connected to older traditions in Western art and Eastern abstract art. His use

It occurred to me that they were in fact compelled to be those leaders through fate alone

Journeying north he stumbled upon Aberdeen

which is what I have done

and many other Donalds

an anarchic sense of humor

Established the Centre of Artists Books and Fine Art publishing at the Visual Research Centre with projects including the Great Book of Gaelic (48K) for the Gaelic Arts Agency and Voices of Scotland (25K) for the Scottish Executive

Bob Batchelor was born in Georgetown

The resulting images seem to combine frivolity with seriousness

the icon and the banner

which are painted in a limited range of colours

Paper Size: 76 x 56 cm Medium: Screenprint Edition Size: 40

The Circa Suite of prints first appeared in the form of bill posters