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chroma utopia
8 – 30 november 2013
tuesday-friday 10-6 | saturday 10-5
gallery/ten presents a solo exhibition by artist ruth mclees.
mclees graduated from university of wales institute cardiff in 2004 + has since
widely exhibited her vibrant portraits throughout the uk
‘chroma utopia’ is a body of 28 new works which showcase mclees’
latest experimentation into the crossover of art + science. mclees’ fascination
with layering – that of placing transparent glazes over the surface of a
painting – has become the recognisable signature of her practice. this recent
collection of work sees a natural progression to mclees’ portraits, where
glazes, resin + glues skilfully interact with the image underneath, serving to
highlight + reveal the painted figure
inspired by the work of the 19th century german analytical chemist, f.f.
runge, mclees transformed her studio into a laboratory in order to explore the
artistic potential of industrial + scientific materials. the results emerging
from this experimentation are presented here in a series of colourful,
jewel-like paintings, where pigments are separated into their pure components
to create chromatic glazes from which utopian figures emerge; ‘perfect colour +
perfect beauty are united’
all work will be for sale + collectorplan is available. for further information on the artist, see gallery-ten.co.uk
click here to download the exhibition catalogue
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