2014
EXHIBITION FOREWORD :
La Lumière sortant par soi-même des Ténèbres, Carrelage
Viewing the work is witnessing a protracted collision of processes. An evolution of matter. Exposed, concealed, exposed, concealed - continuously. The consequence of years spent. My history merging with the history of the elements used...
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I have no interest in illusionistic ‘texture’ – the work must be its own entity – have its own story. Be its own statement. It is an organic object - a living thing.
Histolysis – tissue breaks down, material metamorphosis’s, through chaos and control. Destruction, erosion, decomposition - detritus leads to new creation. The work carves its own path, moved by forces beyond my hand and control, like rock moved by an unhurried glacier.
I would like to think that my paintings at their best, allow me to contemplate a cycle of existence. Not a beginning with an end but a journey where genesis leads to dissolution, and on once again to genesis. An ongoing sequence beyond mortal confines. Something eternal. Alchemy.
Richard Nott, 2014
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