Name/Title
FillEntry/Object ID
2008.02.01Description
Nicholas Baier (b. 1967, Montreal, Quebec) is a visual artist best known for his photography and installations. Originally trained as a painter, Baier has combined the aesthetics of paint and photography as part of a larger discussion on the evolution of technology and its influence on the human condition.
In his earliest photographic work, Nicolas Baier engaged with digital technologies to construct fragmented, cubist-like images composed of multiple scanned images of his immediate surroundings—his studio and apartment—that are seamlessly edited into a whole. Appearing like abstract paintings, the artist aimed to explore the new meanings that could be found in his alternative presentation of reality.
Fill (2007) shows the overlapping markings made by paint and other materials around the artist's studio and living spaces. As the title alludes, the artist filled the digital image with various overlapping aspects of these rooms, disrupting the contexts and meaning associated with each. Through this reorganization of space, he provokes a new interpretation of his surroundings and an appreciation of overlooked aspects within it.
Nicolas Baier holds a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Concordia University. His artworks belong to numerous private and public collections, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
https://nicolasbaier.com/Artwork Details
Medium
inkjet mounted on galvanized steelMade/Created
Date made
2007Edition
ed. 1/4