Dale Adcock : RATIO

13 Feb-13 Apr 2013

Overview

TJ Boulting is pleased to present the first solo show with the gallery of British artist Dale Adcock. All the works in the exhibition are united in that they are mediated by the artists imagination. ‘Ratio’ also explores, and ultimately reconciles, a certain aesthetic dichotomy in the artist’s practice. The main gallery contains monumental and precisely constructed oil paintings, referencing both ancient civilisations and the canon of art history. The second room holds grids of smaller ink and watercolour drawings, that appear to come directly from the Adcock’s imagination. At first they do not seem to necessarily relate; the paintings’ scale and precision impress on the viewer; the drawings conversely appear without constraint, revealing a personal release of the artist’s machinations. However it becomes apparent that they are the id and ego of one artist, and are inextricably linked.