CONCURRENT: ED SPENCE & BRYAN RYLEY
Ed Spence and Bryan Ryley showcase their abstract works through engaging geometric "macrocosm / microcosm-like" compositions. Both works compliment each other and add an interesting dialogue when placed together.
Ed Spence
Ed Spence
"Grid Dissolution"
Grid Dissolution,
is part of a
series in which Ed Spence dissects and rearranges vintage prints. It is a
formal exploration of colour expressed through an encounter with a knife and a
ruler.
Bryan Ryley
"Leaning on the Head of a Nat, We Contemplate the Rocky Road"
Entitled
‘Leaning on the Head of a Nat, We Contemplate the Rocky Road’. This is in
reference to the people of Myanmar, who after sixty years of military
dictatorship are experiencing a loosening of restrictions and a move towards
Democracy. A ‘Nat’ is an animal/insect spirit that is central to their
Buddhist belief system. The painting is "48x60”, acrylic and canvas
collage on canvas, dated 2014. The canvas of the canvas collage is old
canvas tarpaulin, used here as a metaphor for the people who have been used at
the service of others. The form is cubist in construction, a choice on my
part to recognize new structures that replaced old.
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