Andre Hemer

Art Brokerage: Andre Hemer New Zealand Artist: b. 1981. André Hemer (born 1981, New Zealand) is a painter whose work explores the intersections between digital media and painting. André Hemer's ongoing research into contemporary hybrid perception and representation manifests itself in a new body of work created during his 6-month residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York. Digital scans of paint objects made with an open scanner en plain air at sunset on the roof of the studio building are the foundation for this work. This unique image-capturing process creates a lexicon of light, texture, color, atmosphere and location recorded with both LED scan light and the aura of this magic hour. Back in the studio, Hemer organizes his archive of outdoor efforts, editing the scanned images and eventually printing them on canvas, looping full circle to rematerialize an art artifact that still exists in its original "paint-blob" form. Onto the printed canvases Hemer adds analog layers - brushing acrylics, daubing oils, and spraying paint on digital reproductions and the original paint objects that are now attached to the surface, creating further slippages between image and object. Listings wanted.