Tom R. Chambers

In the early 2000s, Tom R. Chambers began to consider the pixel in the context of suprematist and geometric abstract art. He equated the pixel with the works of non-objective artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Josef Albers, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Piet Mondrian, and others. They created works to establish an abstract visual language of the sublime, pure color, geometric form, deep contemplation, and the metaphysical quest for truth. The pixels or "pixelscapes" - as he calls them - align with many works of these non-objective artists. They are a revelation for him when compared to the non-objective works that were created many years before the pixel and digital revolution. These works are derived from pixel configurations and stem from digitized reproductions of Kazimir Malevich's early works before his suprematism and the "Black Square." They are enlarged, filtered, and precisely isolated to create geometric abstractions in color field settings.