[April 1, 2004] Paul Kolker’s current works in progress, Expansions of Color bridge the chasm of our visually perceived real-world with that of our pixilated world of television.
In contrast, however, to the high-definition and digitally refined polychromatic images of television, Kolker’s images are fractionated into elemental components and painted with primary colors, including black and white, in a process which he calls fracolor. The resultant picture, although somewhat minimalist and also abstract, may appear to the viewer more expansive than the real subject.
In Dot Dream 4356, 96 x 144 inches, a work in progress, the artist procedurally morphs the scientific methods of digital image enhancement with the enduring art of the painted canvas embellished with bold, elemental and unmixed oil pigment colored dots.
Kolker’s works in progress, however, are distinguished from the almost life-like photographic or videographic images by his limited format pixilation of 66 x 66 dot lines per canvas panel. The 4356 dots add up to 18, the mystical number – symbol for chai, meaning “life.”
Paul Kolker: Expansions of Color — Opening April 1, 2004.