David Sullivan’s animated paintings collapse the macrocosm into the microcosm. They are a collision of the gestural brushstrokes of abstract painting with the realism of 3D computer graphics. In the animations, humidity melts reified objects into states of transition. Refineries become atoms become organs become tumors. Like some will-o-the-wisp along the Mississippi River, seen dimly through the heat, ambiguous objects drip in a slowly evolving lightshow. Chemical reactions, in time and space, of molecules and Spanish moss glow over petrochemical plants. The industrial plants, their emissions and affected organs dissolve into one.
Galleries
David Sullivan
Sunset Refinery
2008
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
4:35 minutes
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David Sullivan
Sunset Refinery
2008
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
4:35 minutes
David Sullivan
Swamp Gas
2009
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
12:32 minutes
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David Sullivan
Swamp Gas
2009
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
12:32 minutes
David Sullivan
Bubble Pop
2010
Looping HD animation with sound
5 minutes
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David Sullivan
Bubble Pop
2010
Looping HD animation with sound
5 minutes
David Sullivan
Fugitive Emissions
2011
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
10:00 minutes
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David Sullivan
Fugitive Emissions
2011
Looping HD animation with sound (Ed. of 5)
10:00 minutes
David Sullivan
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Wolkenkuckucksheim)
2010
Inkjet print on die-cut aluminum (Ed. of 3)
48 x 65 inches