‘Epitome’ oil on canvas, 191 x 186cm, 2016 (Private Collection, Cardiff, Wales)
‘Paradigm’ oil on canvas, 186 x 191cm, 2016
‘Pulse’ oil on canvas, 2016 (Private Collection, Hong Kong)
‘Transient’ oil on canvas, 2016 (Private Collection, Hong Kong)
‘Specimen’ oil on canvas, 36 x 46cm, 2016 (Private Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland)
‘Untitled II’ oil on canvas, 46 x 36cm, 2016 (Private Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Installation View of 'New Matter' Line Gallery, SVA, Stroud, UK (July 2016)
New Matter
‘New Matter’ was exhibited as a solo exhibition in July 2016 at Line Gallery, Stroud Visual Arts (SVA), Stroud, UK. Curated by Jessie James & David Evans.
Exhibition Text:
ʻNew Matterʼ is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Aidan Myers.Myersʼ painting's inhabit the spaces between the body and material world, a space in which the realm of the body and the materiality of the medium are expressed through gesture. Focussing attention upon the energetic processes that result in form, Myersʼ compositions makes visible the tensions, resistances and co-operations between human and non-human agents — an autobiographical rendering of invisible interplays between matter, physiology and the cosmos.
Myersʼ activity of painting is like a dance between hand, brush, paint and canvas in which each take the lead at different moments of the activity; a dialogue between human and non-human worlds. This emerging choreography is expressed through gesture, a literal composition of material, chemical and bodily worlds fixed in paint. The ambiguous presentation of forms remains potential and open, one hand constantly held out inviting the viewer to continue the choreography through their own perceptual involvement as they strive to find significance in un-recognisable forms.
Dr Martyn Woodward,
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff School of Art & Design
July 2016