Gerald O'Connell
Born
in London in 1951, Gerald O'Connell holds degrees in Economics from
Cambridge University and in Philosophy from the University of London.
His work is instinctively eclectic and deliberately diverse, spanning
a wide variety of traditional and digital media and often combining
the two in complex iterative processes. A broad representation of his
work can be seen at the Kurai Hoshi Gallery website he has operated
since April 1997.
His
major preoccupation as an artist is to transcend the limitations imposed
by socio-cultural assumptions and heritage, while retaining the technical
armoury bequeathed by them. This quest is occasioned by a desire to
build a clarity of vision that combines the intuition of innocence with
the strength of knowledge.
He
is currently engaged in two long-term projects:
'Flux
Aeterna' - a philosophical enquiry into the nature of change and movement,
conducted within graphic parameters;
'Omniverse'
- an exploration of the possibilities of the website as an artistic
medium in its own right.