21 July 2015 • Mark Westall
I’m interested in making works that make people hesitate, stuff that makes them wonder, WTF? What if I…? What if it…? It’s All Good Fun is stable, but it doesn’t seem it. The piece hangs, swinging gently from any passing disturbance, nine foot of balanced glass. We see it, but only just, the clear glass means it’s there, but also not there. It’s a bit slapstick, a quiet trap for the unwary.
20 July 2015 • Mark Westall
I make abstract formal compositions reflecting on modernism and materiality. & I take influences from 14th century frescos, 15th century Dutch painting, iconography, modernist architecture and design, French modernist literature, dance, fabrics, books, hardware stores, Japanese ceramics, neon signs, cosmetics, sweet wrappers …
My main interest is to create a resonance within the work that goes beyond its material properties.
13 July 2015 • Mark Westall
The London Open 2015 goes on show 83 years after the Whitechapel Gallery’s first open submission exhibition in 1932.
