IN THE GALLERY: Reconstructive
Picture Building, 2016
Oil on linen
183 x 244cm
Legacy Compound 3, 2019
Oil on linen
122 x 107cm
Legacy Compound 4, 2019
Oil on linen
122 x 107cm
Legacy Compound 6 white, 2019
Oil on linen
122 x 107cm
White and Blue Flat Lay, 2017
Oil on linen
Clear Typologies, 2020
Laser cut acrylic
dimensions variable, 380 x 180cm installed
Increased Overlap 1, 2019
Oil on linen
123 x 112cm
Abstract Spaces (After Giotto), 2020
167 x 198cm
Oil on linen
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Reconstructive, 2020 installation view
Simon Degroot
27 Jan - 13 Feb 2021
Reconstructive is an exhibition of abstracted paintings that are connected to contemporary life. References from the everyday such as architectural details, botanical forms, and advertising media are translated into a repertory of abstracted forms for new painting. Stripped of specific reference and particular identity, the forms in these works trade instead in echoes, shadows and absences.
Flattened forms are grouped, arranged and overlaid. Composites and compound shapes use indeterminacy and interpretation as a way to encourage new associations and form new meanings. Abstracted forms are disassembled and reassembled, investigating a visual acuity at an intersection of work and play.
documentation: Janelle Low