Kim Keever graduated in engineering and once worked for NASA on high-speed fluid flow, an explanation for the scientific methodology in his artistic practice. His new exhibition of abstract photography – titled Diffusions – is on exhibition at Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto through June 29.
An internationally acclaimed photographer, he creates his colourful large-scale abstractions by pouring paint into a 200-gallon tank of water in his studio. Keever uses his large-format digital camera to capture the resulting clouds of colour as they swirl into different forms.
Archival Pigment Print on Archival Substrate, Framed in Grey with Plexiglass
More on the water method during artist interview on YouTube below:
Keever also collaborated with world-renowned designer Iris van Herpen to create three couture looks in her Spring 2019 collection, Shift Souls. Now an upcoming retrospective exhibition at Musée des Arts Décoratifs this tribute to van Herpen will feature Keever’s designs, one of them below (November 29, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
Kim Keever’s website, here.
Bau-Xi Gallery artist page, here.
A previous Art Junkie post from 2019, here.
Image at top of post: ABSTRACT 68352, Archival Pigment Print Mounted on Archival Substrate, Framed in Grey with Plexiglass
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Amazing work there!
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Yes, agreed. I’m always amazed by the random influences behind this kind of creativity — he started doing this after someone asked him if he wanted a used aquarium. Thought about it and tried paint. Voila.