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<\/a>Jordan Broadworth, Magnetic nowhere, 2016, oil on canvas, 70 x 75 inches. Courtesy of\u00a0General Hardware Contemporary<\/p>\nThe painted series is composed and manipulated before the paint dries, increasing the interrelation between layers. By experimenting with different application tools Broadworth maintains differentiation between layers, with larger patterns overlaying more intricate repetitions. Permitting the unexpected, colour becomes affected by the opacity of it\u2019s application. Each layer is an individual colour representing a single layer of information. The layers of information further parallels the layering of city systems.<\/p>\n
In viewing the work it is interesting to compartmentalize the entire composition. By examining a singular interrelation, moments in a larger network become clear and a narrative begins to unfold. More intricate patterning evokes movement and directionality. Increased repetition creates blurred moments. Geometrical articulations appear infrastructural, more permanent, controlling views with framing portals. Tactile qualities add dimensionality, further diversifying the entire composition.<\/p>\n The urban experience is made up of a collection of permanent and temporary occurrences. In representing spatial complexity in time, increased noise appears. Appearing like a time-lapse, these works present a variety in solidity and transience. Broadworth\u2019s artwork evokes multiple possibilities of urban narratives with various natural and artificial, haptic and digital motifs and patterns. Dispersed elements become dispersed typologies, a network of light, nature, personal object and infrastructure. The vibrant collection is united by it\u2019s layered complexity and variation. Urbanity is both mediated and unmediated. These complex compositions, in their process and final form evoke the determinability and uncontrollability that arise in the city.<\/p>\n<\/a>Jordan Broadworth , Vital-binary, 2016, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 inches.\u00a0Courtesy of\u00a0General Hardware Contemporary<\/p>\n<\/a>Jordan Broadworth, Smooth-tamper, 2016, oil on Mylar, 14 x 17 inches (left) and Spike, 2016, oil on Mylar, 9 x 12\u00a0inches (right).\u00a0Courtesy of\u00a0General Hardware Contemporary<\/p>\n