Simon Cardwell
Eighteenth-Century Boy, Shiny Blue Silk, Dramatic Landscape
AU $4,350
- eco-solvent print on cotton rag paper, wax
- 2026
- 110 x 82.5 cm
- edition of 5 + 1 AP
- Additional sizes available | Framing option: print mounted on aluminium, framed in black stained Tasmanian oak shadow box frame (no glass), paper can be wiped clean for care
- unframed | custom framing available
- Signed on front
- SKU: SCA030/1
Says Simon Cardwell of his practice, "For me, the click of the shutter is never the destination; it is merely the beginning of the artistic process. In these works, the traditional boundaries of narrative and form are treated not as limits, but as thresholds to be crossed. The final piece is less about the photograph itself, and entirely about the psychological, narrative, and emotional journey constructed from it.
"I intentionally reference neoclassical painting and historical photography as a conduit for this idea. This active, deeply human methodology stands in stark contrast to the shifting landscape of modern technology. While artificial intelligence exists as a passive tool, digesting every artwork across history to generate imagery by calculating mathematical averages, probabilities, and pattern recognition – it lacks a pulse. It does not know what it feels like to lose someone, to feel the warmth of the sun on skin, or to carry the weight of a heavy memory.
"By grounding this work in the anchors of art history, I highlight the deeply human, volatile creative process that machines merely copy."
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