1273 Dundas Street West | Toronto, Ontario Canada | M6J 1X8 | 416-516-2581 loop FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
loop Gallery presents
Moira Clark
Colour Complex
April 26th – May 18th, 2014 Reception: Saturday, April 26th, 2- 5 PM
loop Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Moira Clark, entitled Colour Complex.
Colour Complex debuts new abstract paintings which build on Clark’s longstanding fascination with colour harmonics, composition, and the formal elements of painting. These large and vital paintings transform varied representational references into amorphous puzzle pieces squeezed together and fine- tuned to produce paintings that are simultaneously tense and harmonious. Shapes are altered, removed, or foregrounded until a delicate balance of push and pull is achieved. Clark’s process is intuitive; each new work is an encounter, imbued with its own autonomy. “Although I have no idea at the start what will happen, eventually the paintings are resolved,” she explains, “they seem to tell me when to stop.”
Clark was born, lives and works in Toronto. Recently, she was included in the exhibitions Art School {Dismissed} curated by Heather Nicol; and The C Word, curated by Richard Mongiat. She was a founding member of loop Gallery, and has also been represented in Toronto by XEXE Gallery/KWT Contemporary. Her work was granted a retrospective exhibit at the Cambridge Galleries in Preston, and was also selected for inclusion in the 2008 Magenta publication Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting. Clark holds a BFA from York University and she teaches painting in the Art & Art History Program at Sheridan College/University of Toronto Mississauga.
For more information, visit: http://moiraclark.weebly.com/ . Image: Selvedge (detail), oil on canvas, 36 in x 48 in, 2014
loop Thanks: AUDAXlaw Sumac.com loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1X8 (3 doors west of Dovercourt). Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat 12 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. For more information please contact the gallery director at 416-516-2581 or [email protected] or visit www.loopgallery.ca
Members: John Abrams Mark Adair Elizabeth Babyn Gareth Bate Yael Brotman Kelly Cade
J. Lynn Campbell Catherine Carmichael Gary Clement Tara Cooper Tanya Cunnington Elizabeth D’Agostino Sheryl Dudley Larry Eisenstein Martha Eleen Adrian Fish Eric Farache Maria Gabankova Candida Girling Sandra Gregson Charles Hackbarth Libby Hague Linda Heffernan David Holt John Ide Sung Ja Kim Jenn Law JJ Lee Jane LowBeer Ian McLean Suzanne Nacha Mary Catherine Newcomb Ester Pugliese Barbara Rehus Rochelle Rubinstein Richard Sewell Lanny Shereck Sandra Smirle Kim Stanford Adrienne Trent
loop Gallery presents
Moira Clark
Colour Complex
April 26th – May 18th, 2014 Reception: Saturday, April 26th, 2- 5 PM
loop Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Moira Clark, entitled Colour Complex.
Colour Complex debuts new abstract paintings which build on Clark’s longstanding fascination with colour harmonics, composition, and the formal elements of painting. These large and vital paintings transform varied representational references into amorphous puzzle pieces squeezed together and fine- tuned to produce paintings that are simultaneously tense and harmonious. Shapes are altered, removed, or foregrounded until a delicate balance of push and pull is achieved. Clark’s process is intuitive; each new work is an encounter, imbued with its own autonomy. “Although I have no idea at the start what will happen, eventually the paintings are resolved,” she explains, “they seem to tell me when to stop.”
Clark was born, lives and works in Toronto. Recently, she was included in the exhibitions Art School {Dismissed} curated by Heather Nicol; and The C Word, curated by Richard Mongiat. She was a founding member of loop Gallery, and has also been represented in Toronto by XEXE Gallery/KWT Contemporary. Her work was granted a retrospective exhibit at the Cambridge Galleries in Preston, and was also selected for inclusion in the 2008 Magenta publication Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting. Clark holds a BFA from York University and she teaches painting in the Art & Art History Program at Sheridan College/University of Toronto Mississauga.
For more information, visit: http://moiraclark.weebly.com/ . Image: Selvedge (detail), oil on canvas, 36 in x 48 in, 2014
loop Thanks: AUDAXlaw Sumac.com loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1X8 (3 doors west of Dovercourt). Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat 12 to 5 pm, and Sun 1 to 4pm. For more information please contact the gallery director at 416-516-2581 or [email protected] or visit www.loopgallery.ca
Members: John Abrams Mark Adair Elizabeth Babyn Gareth Bate Yael Brotman Kelly Cade
J. Lynn Campbell Catherine Carmichael Gary Clement Tara Cooper Tanya Cunnington Elizabeth D’Agostino Sheryl Dudley Larry Eisenstein Martha Eleen Adrian Fish Eric Farache Maria Gabankova Candida Girling Sandra Gregson Charles Hackbarth Libby Hague Linda Heffernan David Holt John Ide Sung Ja Kim Jenn Law JJ Lee Jane LowBeer Ian McLean Suzanne Nacha Mary Catherine Newcomb Ester Pugliese Barbara Rehus Rochelle Rubinstein Richard Sewell Lanny Shereck Sandra Smirle Kim Stanford Adrienne Trent