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| Andrew Bick, Variant t-s [detail], STORMY, 2016-2018 |
Andrew Bick: Concrete-Disco-Systems is at
Hales Gallery, 18 January - 2 March 2019
Text extracted from Hales Gallery website (read full text here)
Concrete-Disco-Systems is
a solo exhibition of recent work by Andrew Bick. His research-led
practice seeks to reconsider histories of constructivism and
systems art in a contemporary context.
Bick’s paintings consist of
endless permutations - at the core is a grid
system, that he reproduces time and time again. In 2008, Bick copied a
grid structure from one of his own artworks, digitised it, and has since
used this same grid as a starting point for every painting. In Bick’s
view, new versions of the abstract, concrete and constructive,
necessitate the repetition of banal information, leading to an
unexpected conjuncture of word and image. His work is based on the
belief that disruption within a system helps us relearn the process of
paying attention.
Mediated layering of
geometry and gesture act as an antidote to a world of instantaneous
information. It is evident that the paintings are made laboriously,
testing how far he can take the medium. An amalgamation of watercolour,
oil paint, marker pen and encaustic are used to carefully block off
areas, building the surface and composition, contrasting with
casual-seeming brushstrokes and open areas of untouched support.
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| Andrew Bick, Variant t-s [flat and tilted] #2 v4, 2013-2018 |
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| Andrew Bick, wall painting for Concrete-Disco-Systems at Hales Gallery - in progress |
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| Andrew Bick, wall painting for Concrete-Disco-Systems at Hales Gallery - detail |
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| Andrew Bick: Concrete-Disco-Systems - Hales Gallery, installation view |
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| Andrew Bick: Concrete-Disco-Systems - Hales Gallery, installation view |
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| The artist at work |
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