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John Nicholson: Halftone
John Nicholson: Halftone

Sophie Gannon Gallery

October 19th — November 13th,

Flick through the pages of any newspaper or magazine and admire the brightly coloured images. On closer inspection these images are made up of dots. It's an older, reprograhic printing technique, refered to as halftone. Halftone is pre-digital and becoming obsolete with the shift to the digital age.

For the last five years at least Nicholson has worked almost exclusively in plastics, polymores and pigmented perspex, creating minimalistic works of unnatural colours. His latest exhibition as Sophie Gannon plays on our perception and how it alters under different technologies.

Will the basic art elements, colour, space and light and shape change when halftone is reproduced in a digital medium?

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