VICTOR WILLING : SCRATCH THE WALL

26 Oct-30 Nov 2019

Overview

Victor Willing’s scratches are the marks of a brush. Sometimes these scratches are slow and steady, sometimes they are hard and quick. They outline specific forms and they fill in areas with modulating hues. Life-size objects and geometric shapes congregate against the backdrop of the cutting horizon line; they depict the imagined rather than the observed. In 1976, Willing experienced his first vision, a hallucinatory daydream, that subsequently proved to be a game changing catalyst that would re-route the trajectory of his work. From then until 1985, he made 28 paintings in total. While modest in number, they were ambitious and singular paintings that defy easy categorisation and that cement his invaluable contribution to 20th century painting.