Transition
110a Lauriston Road, London E9 07941 208566
transition@huntergather.com
www.transitiongallery.co.uk
Mark
Croxford
13-28
September Fri-Sun 12-6
Private View 12 September 6.30-8.30
Sculptor Mark Croxford’s latest solo show, simply titled ‘Mark
Croxford’, takes in the obsessions and explorations of the last
six years, ranging from the forests of Estonia which the artist visits
each summer to his drawings on glass first shown as part of the previous
Transition show ‘Scritch Scratch’. Croxford’s passion
for materials and their handling reveals itself in the depth and thoughtfulness
in the execution of each of the pieces, setting off the deceptively simple
subject matter that is drawn from the artist’s life.
The
show is made up of a series of recent works that lead the visitor through
the gallery space, inviting a narrative interpretation – the large
wall-mounted abstracts that hint at industrial scale building plans introduce
a log cabin that doesn’t so much recall a specific place but more
a displaced memory. Alongside this a large drawing on glass is scratched
out of red oxide with objects that have meant and continue to resonate
with meaning: the empty house in the woods, games from childhood, holidays
away.
On
a formal level the show questions the relationship between the sculptural
line in space and the line on the page: lines that define edges while
adding colour, tone and light and lines that are themselves simply edges.
While
the show has a strong sense of timelessness in its rejection of the fashionable
and faddish, it also recalls a time, both historical and individual that
pre-dates the split between what might be called ‘gallery art’
and the vernacular. As Mark Croxford says “In the show there’s
no dividing line between folk art and high art”
Contact Cathy Lomax for further information: 07941 208566
transition@huntergather.com
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