Flash

19 September - 2 November 2008

Giles RYDER
Building Pyramids for the Lost
2008
metallic 2 pac on aluminium, stands, transformer, cables, neon, fluorescent tube & housing

My practice involves furthering the concepts of reduction (of form; space; line and material), the effect of colour (visual; as signature; and psychological effects) and the experiential qualities of painting.

Part of my practice explores the idea of the readymade, in my choice of materials and utilizing industrial spray painting techniques to mixing my own Auto Lacquers. In contrast to the 'readymade' these techniques give an effect of the 'Custom Paint Job'. My use of pearlescent paint creates a perceptive challenge, as the appearance of the painting changes with the fall of light, the position of the viewer and the amount of clear pearlescent coats built up on the surface.

The surface of my work produces an illusionary field that shimmers and glows with light through the flat, reflective plane of colour. Recently my work with neon lighting further exploits the reflective surface of the painting; the readymade neon light working in contrast to the painted monochromatic plane. This merges the concerns of painting and site: increasing the experiential and experimental processes that expand the site of painting. This can be seen with the shaping of Aluminium 'canvases' and mirror works that clash and clang revealing and distorting the space and the spectators' involvement within the space producing a synaesthetic and psychological experience.

 

 

installation images: Giles Ryder