Colour in Flux: The Art and Science of Colour
Carinna Parraman
Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol BS3 2JT, UK
Introduction
This gallery and accompanying essay introduces Carinna Parraman’s creative practice. The colour and pattern in her work has evolved through the study of artists and scientists, all practitioners, who were interested in developing a deeper psychological, emotional and practical understanding of the visual system through their investigation of wavelength, pixels, paint and other materials. Working from a selection of prints at the Prints and Drawings Department at Tate Britain, London, the artist refers to a range of artists and shows a representative print for each, to interrogate how artists have used colour to challenge the viewer; to explain how colour is perceived when looking at an artwork; and lastly how these notions have informed her practical research in colour printing. Furthermore these artworks serve to illustrate how our visual system remains the most sophisticated, albeit unknown, processor of colour.
Images
These can be viewed either as:
- Individual images (via thumbnails on the left) or as a
- Slideshow
In the slideshow click on the right-hand side of the images (or press keyboard N) to view the next image in the gallery, or click on the left-hand side of the images (or press keyboard P) to view the previous image.
An essay (170 KB) by the author can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Citation
Carinna Parraman, Colour in Flux: The Art and Science of Colour, Colour: Design & Creativity (3) (2008) 1: 1–5.
URL: http://www.colour-journal.org/2008/3/1/
