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Gregor's second solo show in 2004 took place in the elegant Flying Colours gallery in Chelsea. The show was the culmination of twelve months' work presenting a collection of semi-abstract landscapes exploring our subconscious perception of the environment. |
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Each painting started out as a representational depiction of a specific location. This was then developed into a subconscious impression of 'place' through repeated bouts of abstraction and recovery. The process of abstraction was used as a destructive force, taking the painting to the limit of recognition. In contrast the recovery re-introduced specific and tangible aspects of the subject in a more representational form.
Ultimately a balance was struck between these extremes, leaving a meditative, semi-abstract image that brought to mind our subconscious sense of the world around us, being both clear and specific and yet at the same time intangible and empty.
The tension between representation and abstraction explored by these paintings was intended to mirror our actual relationship with the environment, itself a balancing act between destruction and renewal.
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