Anthony Vizard
British
Navigating Contemporary Visual Culture
"Through layers of digital and painted intervention, I explore how meaning emerges at the intersection of immediacy and permanence."
Anthony Vizard developed his distinctive visual approach through formative study under Royal College alumnus Anthony Corner and subsequent experience in global fashion and design. Beginning at Paul Smith's London studio and expanding through positions in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and across the United States, his work in major fashion capitals has shaped his understanding of contemporary visual culture. This background informs his current practice, which examines how digital and traditional media intersect in our image-saturated world.
DSCF7267, 2021
Gesso, acrylic on canvas
106.5 x 92.5 / 42 x 36 1/2 in
Anthony Vizard's practice emerges from a unique trajectory through contemporary visual culture. His background in fashion design from Paul Smith's London atelier and subsequent work across global fashion capitals informs his sophisticated understanding of image-making and reproduction. This experience manifests in work that examines the intersection of painting, digital media, and contemporary visual culture.
Vizard's practice investigates the tension between digital immediacy and material permanence. His process begins with digital sketches or appropriated imagery, which he transforms through layers of paint and digital intervention. This methodology reflects our current cultural moment, where meaning is constructed through constant processes of reproduction and recontextualization.
By merging painterly abstraction with digital artefacts, the work creates a dialogue between the ephemeral nature of digital information and the enduring presence of physical art objects. Each work serves as a meditation on how we construct and consume imagery in an age of infinite scroll and instant reproduction.
The work challenges viewers to consider their own relationship with visual information, while exploring the evolving role of painting in our hyperconnected world. Through this ongoing investigation, Vizard creates works that resonate with the complexities of contemporary visual culture while maintaining the enduring presence of painted matter.
DSCF6402, 2016
Lambda output on Kodak Professional Endura Metallic Paper
26 x 26 cm / 10.25 x 10.25 in
Artist Statement
Through my practice at the intersection of painting and digital media, I explore how contemporary visual culture navigates between immediacy and permanence. Drawing from my background in fashion and design, I create works that examine the tension between traditional artistic gestures and our screen-mediated reality.
My process begins with rapid digital sketches or appropriated fashion imagery, which I transform through layers of paint and digital intervention. This methodology reflects our current cultural moment, where meaning is constructed through constant processes of reproduction and recontextualization. By merging painterly abstraction with digital artefacts, my work creates a dialogue between the ephemeral nature of digital information and the enduring presence of physical art objects.
Each piece serves as a meditation on how we construct and consume imagery in an age of infinite scroll and instant reproduction. The work challenges viewers to consider their own relationship with visual information, while exploring the evolving role of painting in our hyperconnected world.
