'The un-limiting conditions': An investigation into the roles of intuitive and rational thought in the construction of abstract painting.

“ 'The un-limiting conditions': An investigation into the roles of intuitive and rational thought in the construction of abstract painting” (2007) is a practice-based research project. By creating artworks that examine issues in contemporary abstract painting and applying intuitive and rational thought in their construction using both traditional means and painting and site, the research demonstrates how an awareness and sensitive manipulation of materials, process, context, can generate feeling and concept.<br><br>“The making of artwork is akin to a journey of discovery. It is not a linear trajectory, but rather can be a confluence of rather haphazard events. It is sometimes logical and sequential, and at other points the relationships are accidental, tangential and tenuous. It is a process of complexity and multiplicity.” [i]<br><br>The supporting exegesis locates the research amid current international art practice with a focus upon contemporary New York abstraction.<br>________________________________________________________________________________<br><br>[i] p.1 Kingston, Robin. “ 'The un-limiting conditions': An investigation into the roles of intuitive and rational thought in the construction of abstract painting” (2007)<br>