Professor Keith Brown's Multiple Dimensional Work
CEAC, Xiamen University
19th October 2007 to 25th October 2007
Keith Brown is a Manchester based artist, working in the Manchester Metropolitan University as a professor of sculpture and digital technologies. He is primarily a sculptor whose interest lies mainly with the discovery and realisation of new three-dimensional forms. As a pioneer of digital art, Keith has been working with computers for the past two decades and has become one of the foremost digital sculptors currently working in Europe.
The use of the computer is a necessary and essential aspect of his current working process and is indispensable to the conception, content and quality of the artwork in this exhibition. His sculptures have not only a solid and actual world to live in, but also an imaginative and virtual world to transform and reform them. In this exhibition, you can see his work in 2D, 3D sculpture, video animation and 3D integral imaging. There are also, bronze, wax, gypsum and plastic sculptures which have been made from computer generated rapid prototypes. In the video animation, the sculptural forms are seen to exist in a cyber environment where apparently 3D objects can be seen to pass through each other producing a 4D effect.
Integral imaging is the highlight of this exhibition. It is like holography, producing a 3D effect but with incoherent light rather than laser light. The resulting 3D objects can be seen to exist in true space, in front of the picture plan, where spectators can put their hands directly into the 3D cyber objects.
This exhibition was sponsored by MIRIAD (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design), curated by Dr. Tongyu Zhou with the help of Mr Jian Qin of the Art College of Xiamen University. It was held at the Chinese European Art Centre in the Art College of Xiamen University from Friday 19th October to Thursday 25th October 2007.
Artist's Statement
It was an honor to be the first artist from the UK to show at the Chinese European Art Centre in Xiamen. My visit to the Art College of Xiamen University and lecture to art students about my work and the exhibition was very well received. It was most gratifying to observe the positive response my work received form people of a very different culture and background. I had a truly amazing time during my short stay in Xiamen, thanks to the tireless help and immense hospitality given generously by my hosts. My stay was also made further enjoyable and productive with the endless support form Tongyu Zhou who worked extremely hard to ensure the success of both my visit and exhibition.
