“Book paper or covers already come with an absent presence; writer, publisher, binder, owner, reader – who have already left their mark, my marks follow on and add my moments in time to the palimpsest.”
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art is delighted to present an exhibition that brings together four international artists spanning different generations: Oskar Holweck (1924-2007, Germany), Jonathan Callan (b.1961, UK), Sam Lock (b.1973, UK), and Bonolo Kavula (b. 1992, South Africa). Each artist uniquely explores the extensive capabilities of books and magazines as a medium, transforming them into abstract sculptures, mixed media paintings and collages.
Tearing
For his mixed media paintings, Sam Lock disassembles vintage art books from the 1930s, "The World’s Greatest Paintings," tearing off page after page. He later assembles them on a canvas to create his abstract compositions. These books, comprising masterpieces from world art galleries, are stripped of their imagery, leaving the pages blank. Lock is more interested in the yellowed, marked, and thick-textured book paper beneath, which for him conveys timelessness, overlapping past and present.
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