13/01/2025
Current: ANGUS WHITE
13 - 26 January
Please Join us for the opening event Thursday 16th January 6-8pm
This collection of paintings marks a pivotal moment in my practice, serving as a precursor to works currently being developed at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Created in the lead-up to relocating, these works explore the interplay between memory, physical space, and the events that shape our reality.
The paintings reflect an evolving interest in how memories shift and transform over time, much like the process of painting itself. Layers of paint were applied, erased, and reworked, creating abstract compositions that echo the fragmented and fluid nature of memory. Shapes and forms overlap, dissolve, and reemerge in dynamic arrangements that suggest a conversation between past and present. Influenced by the energy and rhythm of performance arts, the works evoke a sense of movement and interaction, as if elements are suspended mid-action on a stage-like plane.
Architectural references emerge as ghostly, semi-abstract structures within the compositions, serving as subtle anchors amid the flux. These forms bridge the tangible and the ephemeral, reflecting the interplay between the permanence of our surroundings and the fleeting nature of memory.
Rich in historical references and compositional techniques, particularly inspired by the structured yet expressive works of Poussin, the series establishes a dialogue between abstraction and form. Negative space and unfinished areas expose the raw material of the canvas, creating moments of pause and ambiguity that mirror the gaps and distortions in memory.
This collection stands as a foundation for my current explorations in Paris, where these ideas continue to expand and evolve, opening new possibilities for narrative, abstraction, and spatial representation.
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