Naive Science
dal 25/3/2003 al 26/4/2003
Segnalato da
25/3/2003
Naive Science
Studio Caparrelli, London
A spectacular exhibition of works by english artist Graham Day. Viewers will be intrigued by this new series of over 30 beautifully painted works which show geometric patterns, complex mathematical sequences, and even objects reminiscent of old religious artifacts.
Graham Day
From 26th March - 26th April 2003 Studio Caparrelli will
be showing a spectacular exhibition of works by English Artist Graham Day. Viewers will be intrigued by this new series of over 30 beautifully
painted works which show geometric patterns, complex mathematical sequences, and
even objects reminiscent of old religious artifacts. Day uses a unusual range of
media and papers, including artist-made stinging nettle paper; Chinese, Indian and European papers from
the 17th to 20th Centuries; and in one case, what looks like torn up raffle
tickets.
Several of the works are mounted on old gaming boards - the
kind that fold down the middle, this emphasises Day's fascination with using
forms that relate to themes of rules, games, science, and also helps to explain
the feeling in the viewer that they are pieces which have some kind of 'meaning'
- like diagrams or objects for devotion.
Day himself resists the
temptation to attach any specific meaning to his images, saying simply that
'...shapes have an inherent power and fascination that precedes their
significance; squares are square and circles are round....'. This unfettered
enjoyment of form as form is part of what inspired the title 'Naïve Science'.
Day's interest in the ideas of science and of philosophy is ultimately
that of an outsider, further reinforcing the 'Naïve' of the tit!
le. But this is offset by a fresh and unspoilt joy in the huge range o
f materials and creative practices of traditional craftspeople, especially from
the Near and Far East, and there is a discernible influence on both his working
techniques and his results from this interest. He cites as influences all of the
anonymous carpet weavers, masons, scribes, mapmakers and others whose unsigned
work happily survives.
Day's works are a fascinating and appealing
mixture of both calculated and spontaneous kinds of curiosity, demonstrating the
artist's boundless obsession with objects and images, old and new, and from near
and far.
'I spend my whole time looking and thinking about images.
Different things can express the same idea or evoke the same emotion, you never know where the answer lies.
Innocent objects can unwittingly express grand themes'. Graham Day
Day's work can be found in
international collections such as MOMA New York, and in the collections of the British Library, The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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