“The universe is a big place,
perhaps the biggest”
Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
In Final Frontier, a series of mixed media works combining paint, pigments, metallics and photography, Gordon Ellis-Brown explores his fascination with humanity’s place in the universe, contrasting images of modern day space exploration with ancient marks conceived from the visual languages of indigenous people.
Connections are drawn between classical deities and contemporary idealism, astronauts, the space race and Nineteenth-Century colonialism.
Ellis-Brown strives for perfection in colour and form, while highlighting the imperfections of traditional print processes and analogue film. With subtle humour, Final Frontier lays bare the fragility and precariousness forever evident in human endeavour.
Original works, signed and dated.
Untitled I - Beam Me Up, Scotty (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on wood panel. 70 x 140 cm
Untitled III (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on wood panel. 82 x 85 cm
Untitled IV (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 90 x 60 cm
Untitled XVI (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on wood panel. 49 x 80 cm
Untitled V (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 25 x 80 cm
Untitled VIII (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 90 x 69 cm
Untitled XV - Houston We Have A Problem (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on wood panel. 70 x 140 cm
Untitled VI (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 89 x 40 cm
Untitled IX (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 66 x 132 cm
Untitled VII (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 56 x 80 cm
Untitled X (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 51 x 87 cm
Untitled XI - Mission from God (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on aluminium panel. 60 x 60 cm
Untitled XII (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 60 x 77 cm
Untitled XIII (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on Arches Aquarelle rag. 55 x 90 cm
Untitled XIV (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on aluminium panel. 67 x 74 cm
Untitled XVII (Space). Acrylic, pigment, mixed media on aluminium panel. 77 x 62 cm
