Broken Meander White Blue Red Yellow 35_1 Painting

Overlayed meandering lines in translucent glazes of stencilled colour. Oil on thirty five wood panels which can be continuously reconfigured.The translucency of each colour creates secondary and tertiary colours as result. Any one layer may be resolved but not all. Inspired by the sliding '8 puzzle'. The '8 puzzle' was invented in the late nineteenth century at a time when popular preoccupations were more concerned with the spiritual and esoteric. As such it represents the early popularising of gamification and computational logic in the public imagination. The sortation of this simple grid has much in common with the visual and interactive nature of modern app design and the idea that through continuous sorting and filtering of images, products, potential partners etc we can attain some form of fulfilment. Favourable outcomes are seemingly made inevitable by the belief that measurable, rational methods are the only reliable means to achieve them. By layering numerous competing and incompatible images, patterns, symbols etc within these pieces it is impossible to arrive at a wholly coherent outcome. Conversely some elements of the work may be unavoidable regardless of configuration, reflecting a sense of futility and inevitability. Each of these pieces is shipped with hanging strips so they are ready for installation and endless rehanging afterwards to explore their many permutations.

Multi-paneled Painting:Oil on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35 W x 25 H x 0.1 D in

Number of Panels:24

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.