Jack Laver Solo Show: A Moth to A Flame

In this series of work, Jack Laver further investigates mankind’s interaction with the natural world and the constant struggle between control and freedom within this. Through abstract landscapes, this balance is explored in spontaneous compositions and textures created with washes of inks, pigments and resin as well as hand carved wood frames.

Laver purposefully works with volatile and unpredictable materials that spur on unexpected results. He tussles with the materials, working intuitively to find a common ground between thought, action and process. Through this manipulation, the materials are contained and guided by Laver to form compositions reminiscent of landscapes, aerial images and root structures. These landscapes seem empty and void of any buildings or human activity, instead uncovering a land that feels it has existed after, or before, mankind. They exist outside of our time, reflecting on what has been and what could be, between growth and decay. Discovering this space in-between, results in the unexpected.

A Moth To A Flame reflects mankind's constant push for modernity within the current culture, a push that comes at the detriment of the world, and everything within it. The works reflect on the uncertainty we are living in, the loss of connection between man and nature, and the manmade climate crisis.

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