Virginia Coventry
Sudden Light
2- 30 May 2020
“Light defines the angle and slope of gentle gradients; colour intensifies and turns corners; solids cast shadows; we see afterimages … slantwise… at intervals…
Depending on the light and angle of view, thin washes of opaque colour appear as either solid or transparent. There is an interplay between material and visual depth within each assemblage. In some works illusionistic, atmospheric colour is in tension with the precision-cut, sharp-edged solidity of the support. Shadows cast by the modules in installation are intended to further alter the perception of colour depth. Looking at these constructions from a few paces back in the studio I am reminded of the way jump cuts in film fracture fluidity of movement from one moment to the next.”
- Virginia Coventry April 2020