Brett Smith
Region: South
For years, my practice has focused on growth at a cellular level
and the connectedness of life and death in the natural world. I have
found so much complexity and beauty in the forms that result from
natural growth and have recently begun to see similar patterns in
less natural forms. I have become fascinated by the relationships
between the organic and the man-made. Even in a cityscape we
see cycles. Construction, completion, and decay are the life cycle
of our built environments. Through the erasure and redrawing of
lines in my work, I try to show the depth of the surroundings we
take for granted. Like a construction site as it moves from being
framed with two-by-fours to a complete building, I begin my work
from the most minimal place and expand to the most complex.
My process mimics the constant growth of cities and I hope to
begin a dialogue about how that type of growth works with, or
against that of the natural world.