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elliott contemporary – featured artists

Stephen Ibbott, Wrestlers

Stephen Ibbott

Stephen Ibbott’s work explores the relationships between technology and contemporary social engagement, while also permitting a technological intervention to be revealed within his painting process. Compositionally, these works resemble the genre of history painting except for their content being contemporary in nature. The Merry Company scenes of 17th Century Netherlandish and Flemmish painters exemplifies another precedent, where the artist views moments of social behaviors through the technological aid of the camera obscura - unwittingly unveiling a standard in the visual documentation that will surface two hundred years later in the form of photography. Likewise, Ibbott’s compositions reveal more than an absurd account of daily life, they reveal the absurdity of our own observational methods. Coming in 2010, a new body of work exploring the technological mimicry of human culture.

Flying Elephant,
Acrylic on aluminium

Garage,
Acrylic on aluminium

Hit and Miss,
Acrylic on aluminium

Parachute, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
48" x 72"

Robot Love,
Acrylic on aluminium

Robot Tourist, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
48" x 72"

Robot Train,
Acrylic on aluminium

Shipwreck,
Acrylic on aluminium

Telescope,
Acrylic on aluminium

The Troll, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
36" x 72"

Three Mile Island, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
48" x 72"

Train, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
48" x 72"

Volcano,
Acrylic on aluminium

Waterfall,
Acrylic on aluminium

Wild West,
Acrylic on aluminium

Wrestlers, 2008
Acrylic on aluminium
32" x 48"