Ben Walsh is an Australian artist based in Melbourne who blends new media and traditional art practice.
“Whilst working in the computer games
industry Walsh became interested in the
ephemeral aesthetic used in games. In these
works he combines game making techniques
with the influence of his traditional art practice
to create images that lie somewhere between
the virtual and the painterly. The process Walsh
use’s to create these digital works involves
3D modeling, texture creation, rendering
and reworking prior to printing.
The work also refers to the psychological
effect of our increasing separation from nature.
Here the language of the games aesthetic
speaks of an unsettling reality via an illusory
world.”
extracts from ‘Unrepresented’ catalogue
