David Spriggs

Montreal artist David Spriggs work presents an engaging and original investigation of three-dimensional space. He has developed a unique method of layering transparent drawings to create the illusion of a third dimension. Although his mechanisms are simple and not hidden from the viewer, his work retains an aura of mystery and evokes a sense of wonder. The forms he creates appear suspended in space and locked in time within the museum-style display cases which contain them. Through his idiosyncratic practice, the artist explores the multiplicity of time and space producing work that re-examines earlier concerns such as the motion studies of Muybridge and the explorations of speed by Italian Futurist Boccioni, bringing to them new insights reflecting the digital age in which we live. With its representation of serialized time, David Spriggs works also bring to mind the artifice of cinema and the multiple frames of film that create an image. By deconstructing three-dimensional form, the artist makes us acutely aware of the mechanics of vision and the function of optical illusion. David Spriggs immigrated to Canada from England in 1992 and attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver where he received his BVA in 1999. While enrolled at Concordia University in Montreal, he attended Central St. Martins College in London, England and Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. He received his MFA from Concordia University in 2007.

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