Bethany Johnson

FIELD NOTES (2013-2015)

“[W]hile referencing complex technological imaging and esoteric scientific processes, there is a transcendent quality about them, and there is something distinctly human visible in the painstakingly obsessive perfectionism.”
— Claude Smith, New American Paintings link

Field notes represent the attempt to objectively document inherently qualitative observations. They are records of the observer’s most immediate impressions, preceding the quantification, categorization, and scientific sterilization of secondary analysis. While on one hand studied and rigorous, field notes are also inherently provisional, open-ended, and ultimately somewhat subjective.

Ink on paper, 11″x8.5″ each

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