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Opening Saturday, June 13th, Loch Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Juxt-Supposition by artist, W. David Ward. His paintings, mostly Acrylic, depict a wide range of subjects, from people and architecture to wildlife and pure landscape.
Preface to Architecture, Art and Artifice by David Ward: Influenced by my interest in pre-war modernism, this collection of paintings incorporates many of the ideas that were first explored in the movements and Manifestos of the time.
The notes I kept throughout gradually evolved into essay form, a project that will continue even as the paintings themselves near completion. This was an era of great aspirations and optimism, which, as we look at history, is almost without compare; and for that reason the period has always been one of exceptional fascination. The iconic buildings that sprung out of this creative ferment were as emblematic of the age, and of the spirit it represented, as the art; thus, I decided that architecture generally would be a central theme in this collection. Indeed, The Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting might well have been written with the modern architect in mind. By incorporating these built forms, along side figurative work and landscape, I felt that juxtaposition, the quintessential surrealist device, could be a useful tool. The “Competition of lines” and “conflict of planes” reveals much that might typically be overlooked, not only in the constructed landscapes, but within natural structures as well. It was the unexpected parallels that captured my imagination most however, the often- overlooked symmetries that underlie every aspect of our world.
From the very outset, writing and painting have gone hand in hand; and now, 10 months later I feel these two elements are inseparable.
The following is an abridged version of the essay that evolved along side the paintings in the Juxt-Supposition collection. Download Essay Introduction (100kb pdf)
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