David Blamey's work encompasses several activities which all overlap to form a multi-layered practice that defies straightforward categorisation.
He has said of his approach, "I like the idea that the distance between the art world and the real world can be almost nothing. Framing, adjusting, assisting, promoting, thinking-about and reassessing what's already there, that is my work". A guiding principle behind this objective is the idea that our perception of the world can never meet our understanding of it; his projects often pivot on a dialectical tension between things that are so familiar that they have become almost invisible and ideals that are somehow always out of reach. This struggle to grasp what can be seen is frequently informed by his interest in belief systems from parallel fields
of activity, whether it is the spiritual movement, science, society or the art world itself. Resisting conclusions in favour of better understanding the problem, the minimal beauty of his installations, exhibitions, books and objects illuminates reality by arguing for a different order of the world.