Ed Grant: Inbetweenness Paintings
March 24th – June 9th, 2020
On view at Ground Floor Gallery on Artsy

Ground Floor Gallery is very pleased to present the online exclusive solo exhibition, Ed Grant: Inbetweeness Paintings on view here on Artsy from March 24th through June 9th, 2020.

As the artist describes:

“This body of work evolved into an exploration of liminality, or the space between things. The Tibetan Buddhist concept of the Bardo is a liminal space, most notedly the space/time between death and rebirth. This betweenness opens up the possibility of reflection or insight. Or even a moment of reprieve. Another aspect of this betweenness
are the visual references to the microscopic (cells) and the macroscopic (images of the universe). Losing a concrete sense of scale can imply a fluidity, and connection, between different states, or being lost in the infinite.

The way in which I approach mark making is intended to reinforce this state of inbetweeness. Fluid acrylics, copious amounts of water and a waterproof surface lend themselves to a rich variety of marks, some intentional, some incidental, most somewhere between. Different pigments fall out of solution at different rates. Evaporating puddles can leave a variety of traces, from fine lines to ephemeral clouds. Objects placed on the surface repel or concentrate pigment. The timing of the removal of the object also effects the mark left behind. While these techniques have a certain predictability, the final results have the potential to surprise.”

See the show on Artsy HERE.