Polychroming is the first Berlin show of English artist Joe Clark. The title alludes to the act of hand-colouring a sculpture to mimic life. Although it takes its cue from specific CG workflows which use photographic information to light and colour their virtual subjects, the video work at the core of this show is in fact produced in-camera via an apparatus in the artist’s studio.
Working from a position of both fascination and deep-distrust, Clark’s practice pulls from the contemporary photographic idiom, cross pollinating processes and concepts from landscape, studio photography and CGI.