Artists statement
John Nixon is known for consistently championing the contemporary relevance and aesthetics of early Modernism’s motifs and strategies: Minimalism, the monochrome, Constructivism, Non-Objective art are just some of his reference points. Conceptually, he is driven by investigative experimentation expressed through an economy of means. Nixon argues for an expansive vision for painting that extends painting into real space, and against the notions of narrative, illusion or expressiveness as the functions of art. This body of painting employs either random or ordered arrangements of colours and geometric shapes selected according to specific systems devised by the artist. The task is to make dynamic artworks, to challenge and excite the viewer.
