Charles Shedden and Daniel Peddle “In Trust We Trust”
No Romance Galleries
This event has ended.
No Romance galleries presents “In Trust We Trust”, a group exhibition presenting works by New York artists Charles Shedden and Daniel Peddle. Daniel Peddle central theme explores the intersection of “nature” and the culture of the “American Way”. In as much as Western globalization is largely led by an American enterprise, Peddle’s specific survey of its place and subculture can produce images of universal resonance. Currently all of humanity finds itself at the precipice of potential evisceration and self-destruction. Nevertheless, nature is omnipotent, wild, resilient, beautiful and ultimately beyond our control. It is this truism that implores us to create a comforting veil of illusion through form and culture. We feel safe behind walls, even as they crumble. We pave the wild beyond with a thin surface of asphalt and stand proud at its edge: here is proof we are the Master. Yet the storm looms overhead and underfoot the roots rend asunder. This particular liminal and delusional moment of being “betwixt and between” is Peddle’s lifelong fascination. In his paintings, Peddle seek to conjure this discomforting sense through a fury of brushstroke balanced against a serenity of composition. Thus his subjects become vortexes of vulnerability, defiant yet misled. The paths they take lead only deeper into the unknown. Regardless of the romantic notion of the predicament (“A Walk in The Woods”), or the prosaic location (“Behind a Mall”), the surge of the “undertow” is unforgiving, unrelenting and always the victor.
Media
Schedule
from February 05, 2015 to February 14, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-02-05 from 19:00 to 22:00