the responsive i
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61028
Measurements: 279.4 x 289.56 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2001
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Work by Barry Allikas
grey area
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7741
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 106.68 x 91.44 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: acrylic on panel
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
garden
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7742
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 177.8 x 160.02 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Royal George
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7740
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 106.68 x 91.44 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: acrylic on panel
Virtual Collection: minimal, Original CCCA
Exhibition Installation, Galerie René Blouin
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7743
Description: Exhibition Installation, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, 1997
Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
quarto A
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7747
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 142.24 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
gridlock
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7746
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 213.36 x 182.88 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
brilliant painting
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7744
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 142.24 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
firebrand
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7745
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 142.24 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
vacuform
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7757
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 63.5 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
conduit
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7748
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 142.24 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
dissembler
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7756
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 88.9 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
P.R.O.W.L.E.R.
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7753
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 5.08 elements, each: 88.9 x 76.2 cm; 225.806 x 193.548 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
datapopmix
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7749
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 160.02 x 137.16 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
ice queen
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7755
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 88.9 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
lighter than air
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7750
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 182.88 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
phantom limb
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7758
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 63.5 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
heliogram
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7754
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 5.08 elements, each: 88.9 x 76.2 cm; 225.806 x 193.548 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7751
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 182.88 x 160.02 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
whirligig
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7761
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 63.5 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
self-assembly
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7763
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
coupling
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7765
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
light trap
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7762
Description:
Measurements: 63.5 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Music for Airports
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7760
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 63.5 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
controlled reaction
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7764
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
slot machine
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7759
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 63.5 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
theatre of operations
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7766
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 2000
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
firewall
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7768
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 177.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 2000
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
bunker
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 7767
Description: Artist statement
I work with relations such as flatness/depth; part/whole; difference/repetition; static/dynamic; permanent/provisional, so as to enact a systematic, yet open and suggestive, treatment of pictorial space. At the root of my approach is a concern to broaden the scope of what is normally considered to be a purely formalist school of painting. Using pattern not only for its aesthetic, rhythmic qualities I wish to hint at its connections to informatics, by which I mean not only its cultural potential as semiotic content but also its socio-political ramifications vis a vis certain readings of techno-science, post-humanism and embodiment (e.g. Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Elizabeth Grosz, Rosi Braidotti). As well, I wish to implicate what I see as a promising overlap between the dynamics enabled by these constructs and those of various representations of 'natural' processes made by people working in such fields as self-organization, genetics and cognitive science. Intrigued by the limited means of the more minimalist branches of modernism, but discontent with their restricted ends, I want, in my work, to propose a multi-valent, non-determinist, deterritorialized space - a decentralized permutational network in which I picture contextually linked, multi-tasking, co-adaptive agents; adept at plugging-in to difference, constantly forming assemblages with the other, and ever open to the prospect of new becomings.
Measurements: 76.2 x 177.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 2000
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Age of Spiritual Machines
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61026
Description:
Measurements: 129.54 x 99.06 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2001
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
the responsive i
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61028
Description:
Measurements: 279.4 x 289.56 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2001
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
demon
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61027
Description:
Measurements: 129.54 x 99.06 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2001
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
mille
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61030
Description:
Measurements: 165.1 x 215.9 cm/po
Collection: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal
Date Made: 2002
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
shine on
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61032
Description:
Measurements: 114.3 x 165.1 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2002
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![timelines/singularities, [installation view]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all037.jpg)
timelines/singularities, [installation view]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61029
Description: installation at Sylviane Poirier, Montreal
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2002
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
pandemonium
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61031
Description:
Measurements: 165.1 x 215.9 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2002
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Wallpaper Now
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61038
Description:
Measurements: 133.35 x 264.16 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
OZ (Condition Orange)
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61035
Description:
Measurements: 133.35 x 264.16 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Neutral Ground (No Place like Home)
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61037
Description:
Measurements: 133.35 x 264.16 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Dark Ops (Wizard Deluxe)
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61036
Description:
Measurements: 133.35 x 264.16 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Yellow Bit Road
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61034
Description:
Measurements: 133.35 x 264.16 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![OZ, [installation view]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all041.jpg)
OZ, [installation view]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61033
Description: installation at Sylviane Poirier, Montreal
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2003
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Ricochet
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61043
Description:
Measurements: 251.46 x 223.52 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2004
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Empire Strikes Back
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61042
Description:
Measurements: 251.46 x 220.98 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2004
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Flash Point
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61040
Description:
Measurements: 251.46 x 487.68 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2004
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
TILT!
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61041
Description:
Measurements: 271.78 x 220.98 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2004
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![POW, [installation view]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all047.jpg)
POW, [installation view]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61039
Description: installation at galerie McClure
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2004
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
La Beauté
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61057
Description:
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Pipe
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61047
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Elevation
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61056
Description:
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view of Samsara group]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all054.jpg)
Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view of Samsara group]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61046
Description: installation at Sylviane Poirier, Montreal
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Voyage
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61053
Description:
Measurements: 76.2 x 66.04 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Albatross
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61050
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
To The Reader
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61045
Description:
Measurements: 66.04 x 76.2 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all052.jpg)
Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61044
Description: installation at Sylviane Poirier, Montreal
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Living Torch
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61051
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Clock
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61048
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Jewels
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61052
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/all063.jpg)
Les Fleurs du Mal, [installation view]
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61055
Description: installation at Sylviane Poirier, Montreal
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Beacons
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61049
Description:
Measurements: 132.08 x 121.92 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Painter of Modern Life
Artist: Barry Allikas
Work ID: 61054
Description:
Measurements: 177.8 x 152.4 cm/po
Collection:
Date Made: 2005
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
