Iain Patterson: Out West - invitation to the opening
place: House of Art, Jurečkova 9, Ostrava
date: January 22 - March 20, 2016
opening: January 21, 2016 at 5:00 PM
curators: Tadeáš Goryczka, Jaroslav Němec, and Wojciech Stefanik
Artist and educator Iain Patterson (1946) taught for thirty years at the School of Drawing and Painting at the College of Art in Edinburgh. He closely collaborated with the New 57 Gallery and Collective Gallery in Edinburgh, which he founded and directed for many years. His works can be found in the Scottish Arts Council, as well as in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Iain Patterson has been working for many years with motifs that connect different forms and materials, focusing on biological growth and transformation. He re-enters the clear world of grasses, fungi, seaweeds, coniferous and deciduous trees, and stems of unknown herbs and weeds found in stony debris. This biomorphism in various forms, including paintings, drawings, and porcelain plaques, can be likened to music, as a collection of études – some sort of tests and exercises, in a certain way unfinished. Occasionally, Patterson manages to build a bridge to the other shore, creating something within his specific existence. The first such bridge was constructed while working on the collection “All The Monroes” (all the highest peaks of Scotland conquered by Lord Monroe, which Iain modeled on porcelain tiles sized 10x10cm) and similar models “Peat Roads” (many kilometers of straight cuts over surface mines of brown coal in northern Scotland). The paintings of imaginary worlds of biomorphism and images expressing the movement of biological material have been a motivation and the most frequent theme in his “active meditation” for many years. This meditative penetration into the mysteries of life alternates with reconstructing old houses in a way that allows for comfortable living while preserving traces of their past.
The Ostrava exhibition is conceived as a typical example of the interplay between architecture and visual art. Until now, the Architecture Cabinet has presented architecture more at the intersection of music, fashion, or mathematics. The author will personally visit the exhibition in March, when the first Polish-English-Czech publication about his work will also be launched.
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date: January 22 - March 20, 2016
opening: January 21, 2016 at 5:00 PM
curators: Tadeáš Goryczka, Jaroslav Němec, and Wojciech Stefanik
Artist and educator Iain Patterson (1946) taught for thirty years at the School of Drawing and Painting at the College of Art in Edinburgh. He closely collaborated with the New 57 Gallery and Collective Gallery in Edinburgh, which he founded and directed for many years. His works can be found in the Scottish Arts Council, as well as in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Iain Patterson has been working for many years with motifs that connect different forms and materials, focusing on biological growth and transformation. He re-enters the clear world of grasses, fungi, seaweeds, coniferous and deciduous trees, and stems of unknown herbs and weeds found in stony debris. This biomorphism in various forms, including paintings, drawings, and porcelain plaques, can be likened to music, as a collection of études – some sort of tests and exercises, in a certain way unfinished. Occasionally, Patterson manages to build a bridge to the other shore, creating something within his specific existence. The first such bridge was constructed while working on the collection “All The Monroes” (all the highest peaks of Scotland conquered by Lord Monroe, which Iain modeled on porcelain tiles sized 10x10cm) and similar models “Peat Roads” (many kilometers of straight cuts over surface mines of brown coal in northern Scotland). The paintings of imaginary worlds of biomorphism and images expressing the movement of biological material have been a motivation and the most frequent theme in his “active meditation” for many years. This meditative penetration into the mysteries of life alternates with reconstructing old houses in a way that allows for comfortable living while preserving traces of their past.
Zbigniew Makarewicz
The Ostrava exhibition is conceived as a typical example of the interplay between architecture and visual art. Until now, the Architecture Cabinet has presented architecture more at the intersection of music, fashion, or mathematics. The author will personally visit the exhibition in March, when the first Polish-English-Czech publication about his work will also be launched.
More information >
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