Description
These two drawings come from Casey Reas's EARTH–SIMULACRUM–RGB group, part of Atomism, the artist's decades-spanning investigation into dismantling digital images into their smallest units — pixels and numerical sequences — and recomposing them into new visual states through code. Using intricate fields of precisely plotted dots and lines, Reas constructs layered geometric compositions in which overlapping forms, shifting patterns, and vibrant RGB color relationships create a sense of depth, movement, and visual interference. Executed with archival Sakura Pigma Micron inks on Strathmore Bristol paper, the drawings transform the logic of pixels and digital color into a meticulous, tactile process. The series reflects Reas’ ongoing investigation into the relationship between code, image-making, and the material nature of visual representation.
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