The practice of Sydney-based artist Ian Greig is visually informed by the transient realities conjured by the reflective surface of water. The artist’s new work continues his fascination with this ephemeral floating world of shifting perspectives, spatial illusions and abstract traces of a reflected reality.
Greig taps into an elusive subterranean reality via delicate overlays of crystalline colour that conjure embryonic worlds surging into existence. For the artist, each painting is ‘searching for the only sound that matters’, morphing and mingling with form and colour to create a complex, kaleidoscopic visual experience that eludes our cognitive grasp.
Arthouse Gallery
3 to 20 February, 2016
Sydney
While the world was new, oil on canvas, 168 x 168cm
Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
