Luke Murphy's exhibition at Canada is one I'm glad to visit again and again.
While I stand here typing this into my phone a skull just ran up the side of his piece titled... '1 Degree Off'. A tall piece at over 100 inches. A slew of vertical clouds stream down the digital surface of the work. Ever changing from green and yellow to...hey there goes another skull. So many variations of colors that a painter like myself just can't help but enjoy. And now my peripheral compels and it's a barrage of yellow with the intermittent skull to give, maybe, a sense of the post modern...who knows. I'm not trying to tell you what he's trying to accomplish here. I am simply enjoying the work in all it's glitchy glory.
Luke is not afraid to give away information about how they were made. Especially if you have a background in electronics, which I do. To me, the uses of the digital materials makes the work all the more interesting and enjoyable. Eyes darting around the cabling and computers sitting to the sides, obviously a part of the piece. It's haphazard like installation really brings so many things to mind, obviously the installation wasn't rushed, but it looks like it was left there. The cabling and keyboards, just a part of the work really tells you this was not JUST left there, but systematically placed. Maybe
Sitting here in the gallery and thinking about that I can't help but wonder how a collector would place a work from this show in their home. These sculptures in light look fantastic here in the gallery with lots of space around each one, would the power be lost in a smaller more residential space? I don't know, but I wish I could try. Would dig having one of these in my home.
P-10 Tower/Piece of work: 2018
Makes me think of the Grenfell tower in England that was on tv as it burned for hours one early spring morning.
This is where the viewer gets to do their thing. Use your imagination in each of these works and there is so much you will be surprised with what your imagination helps you with.
Everything Must Go: 2018
On my first visit it was the piece that spoke to me the loudest. With it's slowly changing colors every now and again blasted with what seem to be stamps in the coding, growing from super hot pink to dark dingy browns. A selection of specific ever-changing glitches streams across the second grouping of LED panels in the work. It's placement is one of the most fascinating as it really looks as if it was literally thrown on the ground and the artist saw it and immediately said "that's it!" Makes me wonder what the placement has to really do with the artists thoughts.
On my first visit it was the piece that spoke to me the loudest. With it's slowly changing colors every now and again blasted with what seem to be stamps in the coding, growing from super hot pink to dark dingy browns. A selection of specific ever-changing glitches streams across the second grouping of LED panels in the work. It's placement is one of the most fascinating as it really looks as if it was literally thrown on the ground and the artist saw it and immediately said "that's it!" Makes me wonder what the placement has to really do with the artists thoughts.
Come spend some time with Luke at Canada through July 15th.
And don't forget to see the mystery piece in the exhibition, here's a hint, it's not lit up.
And don't forget to see the mystery piece in the exhibition, here's a hint, it's not lit up.
Thanks for your enjoyment. Jeffrey Collins
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