Ida Badal
Region: Northeast
I approach paintings as windows, simultaneously fragmented and
complete in their composition. I flatten the aerial image in order
to distort the perceptions of depth and distance. I then form order
using mapping and diagrammatical systems. These systems are
tested through landscape and architecture. I choose places that
are familiar to me, yet banal. Precise, yet anonymous. Psychology
comes into play, as humanity is removed from these spaces. The
framed image becomes a solitary lens that faces only remnants
of life, alone with the evidence that someone was once there.
The commonplace turns into a pattern, its recurrence paralleling
nature.