| The work, extensions (intensions), is the artists response to several literary works he has read over the past few months. Beginning with Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground, D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird, and, most recently, Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf. Questioning narratives that explore varying aspects of the human condition; specifically, the perpetually unresolved, or more decidedly, the contradictory nature of being. These works were the springboard that lead McCoy the making of this series of paintings. His sculptures are also intended to be an exploration of the formal contradictions and tensions between seemingly opposing, and therefore, complementary elements.
The work, by design, is an exercise in the representation of the merging of the insubstantial with the concrete; to explore the fluidity of color in relation to geometric shape and gestural line; to ultimately, find harmony through discordant imagery. McCoy seeks to investigate the bonding and necessary relationships between opposing concepts. Translating those ideas visually to reveal a sense of oneness through opposition, to hopefully, create delicacy of movement combined with moments of force.
And yet, There’s no getting around it, it’s about McCoy. It’s about the process. It’s about working
intuitively, developing imagery that speaks to the artist. A manifestation, a continuation, an extension of himself; a personal dialogue with color, shape, and line. The exhibition opens Friday, April 5th from 6 – 9pm, and is on display until Saturday, April 27th. | |
