soft cake in the wind2017
This digital photographic collage with decorative over-painting highlights Barton’s interest in exploring the female form, often in exaggerated, imaginative and fragmented ways. In this case Barton has used disconnected parts to form an incomplete whole that blends the female form with elements of nature – a pink flower is shown in place of the face, and brown hair turns green like foliage at the tips. Paying homage to the Dada collagist Hannah Höch, Barton has created absurd associations in a work that questions representations of women and female sexuality.
(2021)
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
