Peter Owen “Urbanesque”
Dacia Gallery
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Dacia Gallery presents Urbanesque, drawings and paintings by Peter Owen, that are based on his daily experience in urban spaces – the walk to work, the skyline or alley seen from his apartment, the errands run throughout the week. Owen keeps a camera on him all the time, and throughout the day, documents where he is. Each photograph is quite ordinary, but holds significance for the part it plays in the mapping of his life. Details that might be overlooked, such as the curve of a lamppost or the molding on a windowsill, are captured so that later on they can be incorporated into minutely detailed compositions. In a way, drawing is like retracing his steps. However, rather than trying to piece together a coherent, objective narrative, the work becomes a visual gridlock of architectural history and place. Buildings are overlaid atop one another and allowed to tangle together. Over time the layers obliterate parts of what is underneath, and the composition are woven out of hundreds of these daily recordings. Certain sections are overload, then counterbalance by areas with finely articulated, delicate structures - fire escapes, streetlights and exposed pipes running through alleys. It is an experience and a visual description of a life lived in places that are constantly being transformed by construction and demolition.
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Schedule
from October 24, 2013 to November 15, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-10-24 from 18:00 to 21:00