As much of my work tends to generate new ideas, the visual simplicity of my paintings petitioned for a contrast that could only be brought about by photographic images of the human as a subject, in both form and concept. My photographic work ranges from universal visions of social structures to intimately personal visualizations of individuals, which sets my work apart from my contemporaries. In these works, I also explore my personal struggle to meet the demands of a blended racial heritage. With the levity of disguise, I am able to vastly change the superficial ‘first impression’ that I present to the world. By dealing with the weighty subjects of ethnicity and sexuality through this dissection and multiplication of my own identity, I attempt to shed a playful and often humorous light on contentious issues.
Bryce Hudson 去中國
Recent Developments :: Bryce Goes to Beijing
I have been accepted to be an artist-in-residence for a month through NY Arts's Magazine contemporary art project space called NY Arts Beijing. I'll be gone the entire month of October! I'll keep an online journal of the experience.
Working On :: The Beauties
The Beauties Series, which includes Staying Warm, Fun in the Sun, and America’s Most Beautiful Debs, are some of my recent works that explore conventions of beauty and sexuality as I decipher their connection to myself through digitally manipulated advertisements from vintage Ebony Magazine and Jet Magazine Beauties of the Week. As this series evolves, I've begun to use this imagery to explore my own identity by digitally superimposing my face onto the original images. The future of the series is to employ this style and approach to including additional images of men as well as women, thereby examining the often indistinct borders of modern sexual identity.
Latest Prints :: Equlibrium Series (Deco)
In my Equilibrium (Deco) Series, I have begun to juxtapose two movements in the history of art and design - Minimalism and Rococo - opening up each piece to the viewers’ own interpretations on decoration, pop art and pattern. I frequently explore balance, symmetry and harmony in a post-painterly minimalist style. Recently, my experimentations with positive and negative space have developed into a more intricate intersection between geometric and curvilinear shapes. Vibrant colors and high contrast create precise visions of order and joy, inviting the viewer to come closer. However, the order, joy, conflict, and tension represented in my work are not incongruous. The various colors and shapes are combined to conjure up a positive, multifaceted, and realistic outlook on the future of relationships between seemingly disparate components of society.
In the Works :: The Holding Pattern
My latest series of photo-based prints is entitled Holding Pattern. My subjects are attractive women in their mid 20s to late 30s, and superimposed upon their faces are monochromatic decorative patterns, the combination of which brings to the surface ideas of symmetry, objects of decoration and femininity. This is the start of a much larger body of work that will soon appear in my paintings and ultimately installation work. The final works are displayed via archival heat transfer print on board, and I hope to experiment soon with the sizing and placement of the subjects as well as the positioning of the images within the exhibition space.
