We are delighted to share that the wonderful Mark Elliot Smith will be exhibiting with us here at Milsom Place from the 7th – 31st of January!
Check out his website here and a little bit about him below.
In a critical moment in time, there is a sense that we have entered a stage of
transition after reaching a peak of progress. But within the chaos lie the seeds of
transformation. Smith’s work energises the viewer with a magnificent
crescendo of possibilities.
Smith says, “I want to live in a world which excites and inspires, a world of
courage and prosperity, a world where positive, colourful, contemporary new
art is held in the highest respect, driving the imagination of a new generation.”
Great art should be socially, emotionally and culturally liberating, dynamic and
exciting, whilst visually and distinctively appealing. This exhibition, like much
of Smith’s work, epitomizes this dream.
They say music gives form to silence. Similarly, in Smith’s paintings, the
painted, often pure white background creates a space from which the imagery
can arise. There is a rhythm and symmetry tied in with the apparent chaotic
nature in the work. Almost synaesthetically, counterpoint, timbre and melody
can be heard while viewing the paintings, in the contrasts of colour, hue and
tone.
There is a figurative, dance-like aspect in his work, each painting in effect
forms a composition, a dance in motion, intertwining, swirling shapes making
patterns in space, such as in ceremonial dance with their costumes and flying
colours.
The titles of Smith’s paintings, though they parallel rather than describe the
work, are precise and are chosen to function as micro-poems analogous to the
images.
