Essays and conversations exploring Dominic Harris’s work, its influences and the role of the viewer.
Conversation with Tim Marlow
A conversation between Dominic Harris and Tim Marlow on beauty, interaction and the tension between spectacle and the more fragile ideas within the work.
Essay by Joachim Pissarro
Joachim Pissarro examines how Harris’s interactive works alter the relationship between action, perception and the viewer.
Essay by Catherine Mason
Catherine Mason considers Harris’s work through Romanticism and the sublime, examining how digital painting and interaction shape the viewer’s encounter.
Essay by Sunny Cheung
Foreword to Dominic Harris: Imagine, Halcyon Gallery, 2019
“Harris’s work carries on an artistic tradition where rapid advances in technology allowed for new ways to experiment and for artists to harness this experimentation to produce new works of art that mixed learning and thought with aesthetic consideration.”
An in-depth interview exploring the historical references and popular culture influences in Dominic Harris's work.
“First fake news, or was it? We still don’t know. But certainly in my depiction of it, in case the story was ever lost, I finish with a direct homage to Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Such is the power of film. When I solicit a response from the viewer, that role reversal so that the viewer can perform and become a part of the canvas, I love that.”
Essay by Harman Bains
Harman Bains traces the butterfly’s symbolism in art and considers how Harris uses it as both subject and structure.