ABOUT THE WORK
The exhibition (right, B.A.G Gallery, May 15 -18, 2008) revolved around three large works hung in the canal at three-month intervals. Each canvas was primed beforehand with symbols, notations, & references used to account for and keep track of time, such as lunar phases, tide tables & constellation movement. Raw iron filings were used in each work, to help develop the central image.
After the canvas was removed to the studio, each canvas was marked again. The time and date of each high and low tide (120 in all) was written at more or less at the height the respective tide occurred.
These works document geophysical and astronomical rhythms that underwrite our existence. The exhibition focuses the viewer’s attention on these rhythms, and asks them to consider their relationship to them.
Thanks to all who attended the recent events at the Gallery, and at the docks.
David Eustace
Saturday, August 9, 2008
