“Signs of Usage”
a solo exhibition by Terence King
10 – 29 June 2017
The exhibition comprises works
selected chiefly from two extended series’ undertaken over the past several
years. Rooted in observation of the physical environment and of utilitarian
implements, the paintings and drawings are related in that they are intended to
reflect a world of work – hence usage.
The ways in which the land is shaped
by occupation, intervention, geological time, and how mundane objects of
domesticity and labour come to take on a quiet monumentality, are central
elements in these series.
The painting process itself, that is
painterly, loosely layered and excavated brushwork used in combination with
detailed, identifiable moments, aims to convey a sense of the multiple
histories of familiar places and objects. The objects, mainly tools, containers
and the like, and the environments, in this instance the symbol-laden hills of
the interior, carry ubiquitous signs of use, such as scarring, demarcation and
alteration, and are presented in simple, non-hierarchical compositions.
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