Martin McWilliam
Tijdloze illusies in perspectief
Na de zomer exposeert van 29 augustus t/m 3 oktober de in Duitsland woonachtige Martin McWilliam in Galerie Terra Delft.
Hij laat een selectie zien van zijn nieuwe werk. dat beïnvloed is door zijn verblijf in Jingdezhen (CN) in 2014. Het archeologisch karakter van zijn werk werd nog sterker. Het oogt eeuwenoud door het ruwe materiaal en de erin ‘blootgelegde’ Chinese scherven.
Daarnaast toont hij nieuwe, meer klassieke objecten.
Martin schrijft:
I make ‘trompe-l’œil’ vessels.
They give the idea of simple bowls and jars from tradition that have given me a lifelong fascination-but take them into another space of the mind – the question arises
what is real?
Why do we see what we see?
Changing space and time with slight shifts of perspective. My methods are as simple/direct as possible where chance has space to surprise. This leads me along a narrow ridge between my will and that of the material.
After two decades of research around this external image of a vessel in my typical reversed ‘trompe-l’œil’ type of ‘vessel and its image’ I then – for two years – explored the interior of these archetypical bowls and jars.
In my most recent work -it is not the inner that engaged me – but the core itself “the Shard”. Prepared surfaces are struck off after the firing with a hammer and chisel to reveal an archaeological looking ‘core’.
ever tried – ever failed
never mind
try again – fail again
fail beautifully
(S. Beckett “fail better”)
Etty Walda
