Citizen Protector (Home Bio-Analyser)

This assemblage art work imagines an object of technology from a future history. The unit itself would take daily DNA, blood, hormone readings from all occupants of every house in the UK. These readings along with iris measurements identify the occupants of a house in a "daily census". The information gathered by the device is used to profile and predict possible future "terrorist" acts. It has a slot at the base to read the users (compulsory) ID Card. The fitting of the device to each house is a legal requirement.

This is a warning, we are drifting towards a culture that treats all citizens as terrorists by default. The creeping influence of CCTV, DNA abuse and misuse of anti-terrorist legislation for democratic protest are precurors to the possible introduction of such devices - for our own "protection". Lets make sure that it doesn't happen.


Citizen Protector (Home Bio-Analyser) - Front View




Citizen Protector (Home Bio-Analyser) - Side View

Graphic Equaliser

Detail


In situ


Main View - Graphic Equaliser

I have remounted and renamed the sculpture which was known as Organo-photogram. Its now called Graphic Equaliser which is a reference to Vanitas/Momento Mori themes, its a theme that I return regularly.

Updated Biography

Its always weird writing/updating biographical details, I feel vaguely pretentious writing about myself :-) Still its necessary to spread the word!

Gareth Buxton discovered his creative impulses only recently. Having pursued a career in a technical industry a near fatal car crash in 2004 pushed him headlong into the world of art. As well as establishing himself as a professional landscape painter he pursued a parallel path of creating visceral art from hand crafted pseudo-biological objects and electronic components. The final found-object sculptures are artistic meditations on medicine, science, technology, mortality and his strongly held rational atheist ideas. As well as selling sculptures to collectors Gareth has achieved recognition in several national competitions with his unique view of the world. He strongly acknowledges Francis Bacon as a key influence in his work but equally attributes inspiration from artist/novelist Clive Barker and the film director David Cronenberg.

Shortlisted for the London Internation Creative Competition

Great! Made it to shortlist of London International Creative Competition. Sculptures. See http://bit.ly/Ogz8E

Reign of Scars - Pro-jekt Artwork

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I'm delighted to announce, that my sculptures have formed the basis of the new album cover art, inlay and CD of the Gothic Metal/Darkwave band Pro-jekt. The new album, the band's third, has an international release and has been produced by Ade Fenton, Gary Numan's producer. The band will be promoting and playing the new album songs in their upcoming live dates. For more details about the album click here

Shroud Haemorrhage: New Abstract Painting

Shroud Haemorrhage is my largest abstract to date. The layers in this picture have been built up over several months. Paint has been applied and then scraped off when dried. There is texture to the final painting in places. The painting is about the non-seperation of body and mind and how the idea of self is a function of the physical body. Despite this being a fundamentally athiest painting, "shroud" like areas of the canvas were revealed as I worked on them and and as I liked these aesthetically I left them in.

Note: This is painted on a slim canvas (depth about 1cm). the sides are painted black and its ready to hang, but you may prefer to get this painting framed, the choice is yours.


Full Painting 24x36 inches


Detail 1


Detail 2



Details 3

"Your Heart is Mine"

'Your Heart is Mine' by Gareth Buxton 41.0 x 51.0 cm
Available to buy here £410.00

"Hemorrhage" - large painting in progress

"Hemorrhage" (in progress) 24x36 inch

This is the painitng that I am currently working on. Building up layers of paint and removing painting with scratching and abrasion. This is similarly to early paintings that I will post next for comparison.

Tribute to J.G.Ballard

I first discovered J.G.Ballard when I bought a battered second-hand copy of Hi-Rise from a bookshop many years ago. The book was unlike anything I had ever read, the understandable immortailty of the characters was a shock to the system, cognitive dissonance from the written page, this was new and exciting! This lead to me reading many other Ballard books over the years, the highlight probably being Crash, which I still don’t understand but enjoy unlocking the puzzle a little bit more everytime I read it. Just reading about the people that he influenced has been an additional bonus to me, this has opened opened new worlds of art, books and music. The Ballard community is a wonderful framework of sanity to ground myself against in an increasingly crazy world, one that he predicted through his books. Everytime I’m affronted by celebrity “news”, survellience and new consumer fetish cults I have a group of people to turn to who are equally bemused and angry. To new readers if you asked me what book to read first, I would say his autobiography, Miracles of Life (2008). From this gripping, warm and honest book you will get a true measure of the man that was J.G.Ballard.

Doll - New Sculpture

Beautiful in her own way, visceral, creepy, this is no children's toy.

Found object sculpture mounted in stained wooden box, with paper mache, tubes and electronics.

Sweet dreams :-)