DARREN ALMOND – IN TEMPLE GROUNDS
2019-12-02The new multi-panelled works titled ‘Counter Paintings’ are informed by geometry and mathematics, landscapes and constellations. Arranged in a grid format, these polychrome panelled paintings present fragments of numbers which pattern rhythmically across the paintings’ surfaces seemingly caught in a permanent state of becoming. The grid structure provides the invariant against which other elements appear to be in the process of transformation, both fragments of numbers, and colours seem to wax and wane, appearing in varying degrees of wholeness. Almond’s compositional lexicon employs its structure from the way ‘Seishi’, vertical wooden posts, are used in Japanese Gardens. These ‘Seishi’ support the long limbs of ancient pine trees, enabling them to occupy regions and spaces otherwise beyond their reach.
Opposite – Nanzenin Steps, 2019
Exhibition runs through to January 4th, 2020
Alfonso Artiaco
Piazzetta Nilo 7
80134 Napoli
