| The
biblical texts determine the process and structure of the
pictorial composition. Composition takes place within the
framework of a grid, which serves as a shape or container in
which to insert the letters that make up the Psalm.
The system
for translating the Psalms into images involves eliminating
all the punctuation and spaces between the words to create a
continuous letter-strand, and assigning to each letter of the
alphabet a tonal, colour, or linear value. Thus the works,
while outwardly abstract, possess an inner religious
significance, gracing the texts and shedding an intellectual
light to reveal patterns of repetition, stress, unity,
symmetry, and proportion - qualities which are not evident
when the Psalms are read or heard. The exhibition consists of
paintings and prints, accompanied by an explanatory and
illustrated publication
by John Harvey. (see
also: Work 1999--2000)
Venues
Yr Tabernacl: The Museum of Modern Art, Wales, 4 December 2000
-- 6 January 2000
Gregynog
Gallery, National Library of Wales, 2 March -- 20 April 2002 |
