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'Minute Inconsistencies'
My work is informed by my background in structural engineering and is
rooted in my interest in architectural detail, space, the way that shape and
form provide stability and the effects created by superimposition of lines.
It incorporates the techniques and formal qualities of technical drawing
before the advent of CAD – qualities of precision, regimentation, the
repetition of line and reference to geometry and measurement. Unlike
CAD these works contain minute inconsistencies. The spacing, whilst
measured, is imprecise, the thickness of line is variable. These ‘flaws’
evident in the hand-drawn pieces, add qualities that make each unique –
sometimes the arrangements of line create visual disturbances and
illusions beyond the original architectural or formal references. Whilst the
works are clearly concerned with man-made form and celebrate the
modern, they are also pieces in their own right – abstractions that explore
and extend pictorial space through the use of light, line and colour. These
works are also developing into abstractions by the exploration related
drawing techniques.
Steve Evans
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'Circle In The Round'
Ink on Perspex on Board
60cm Square x 4cm deep
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'The Outsider'
Acrylic on Perspex and Board
60cm Square x 4cm deep
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'Deweys Circle' 2016
Ink on Perspex and Board
60cm Square x 4cm deep
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'Eliassons Circle'
Ink on Perspex and Acrylic on Board
75cm Square x 4cm deep
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'Grand Central' 2016
Ink on Perspex and board
60cm Square x 4cm deep
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''Inside the Box'
Acrylic on Perspex
60cm square, image 25cm square
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''Colonade Shadows'
Acrylic on Perspex
60cm square, image 25cm square
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Profile and Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions - 'Parallax' Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton2016, 'Lines of
Communication' Dudley Art Space 2015, 'Reading Berween the Lines' RBSA
Gallery, Birmingham 2015, 'Lines of Enquiry' Asylum Gallery, Wolverhampton
2014, 'Across the Line' Eagle Works, Wolverhampton 2013, - 'Keep Looking',
Bilston Craft Gallery, Bilston, Wolverhampton 2011; Group exhibitions -
Staffordshire Open 16, Shire Hall Stafford 2016,Prize Exhibn, RBSA Gallery
Birmingham 2016,Cobalt Blue Exhibn, The Bond, Birmingham 2016, Art Yard
Open, The Art Yard, Cradeley Heath 2016,Candidates Exhibn, RBSA Gallery,
Birmingham 2016,'I Am Arts Fair' Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton
2016, Open All media and Members & Associates Exhibn RBSA Gallery,
Birmingham 2015/6, Wolverhampton Society of Artists, Nuneaton Art Gallery
and Wolverhampton Art Gallery 2015, 'Exploring Drawing' RBSA Gallery,
Birmingham, 'Birmingham and Beyond' RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, Junction
Art Limes Road Gallery, Wolverhampton, 'Delicious' Cupola Gallery, Sheffield,
'Regulate' The Montgomery, Sheffield, West Midlands Open Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire Open, Gallery 3, Shrewsbury, Art in the
City, Asylum Gallery, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Society of Artists
Framers Gallery, Wolverhampton, Connections, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield,
Prize Exhibition RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, Junction Pre-Exhibition,
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 'Appearance vs Reality', EVOKE Art Gallery, ,
'Candidates Exhibition' RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, Process, Cupola Gallery,
Sheffield, 'Junction 5+1' Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 'Birmingham Today'
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RBSA Gallery Birmingham, 'Lines and angles' The Bond, Birmingham
2013/2014, Wolverhampton Art Gallery W'ton Society of Artists 2013/2014,
Friend's Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 2013, RBSA Gallery
Birmingham 2013 - Staffordshire Open Art 2013, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2013 - Summer Exhibition, The Public, West Bromwich 2012 - Junction
Festival, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton 2012 - Miniatures, Cupola Gallery,
Sheffield 2012 - Open All Media, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA
Gallery, Birmingham 2012 - Open West Midlands, Wolverhampton Art Gallery,
Wolverhampton 2012 - Staffordshire Open Art, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2012 - Wolverhampton Society of Artists, Bessant Gallery, University of
Wolverhampton
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Published on occasion of the
'Minute Inconsistencies ' Exhibition.
Images Copyright 2016
Steve Evans
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Birmingham
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T: 07707278398
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