Picture © Kevin Laycock
Exhibition: Collision, Gallery Oldham, Oldham, until June 27 2009
Leeds artist Kevin Laycock counts the parallels drawn between music and colour by Aristotle, Isaac Newton and James McNeil Whistler among the starting points for his exploration of the two spheres.
In this exhibition, he combines with veteran composer Michael Berkeley – who spent almost a decade as Director of the Cheltenham International Festival, has written operas for Ian McEwan and works with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales alongside his Radio 3 show – on a show aligning the theory of music with the colour scale.
Picture © Kevin Laycock
An abstract painter who responds to music, colour and form, Laycock’s digital wallpaper will be projected onto the walls, floor and ceilings in the building, accompanied by recorded, electronic and acoustic music in a “visual chamber of imagery brought to life.”
Picture © Kevin Laycock
Kevin Laycock is an abstract painter whose colourful works are given order through geometric lines and shapes - a structure which responds to musical theory, colour and form. A series of new paintings has been created for the exhibition which will be shown alongside works from the Gallery’s permanent collection of abstract art.
Picture © Kevin Laycock
“It’s a major project for Gallery Oldham and a ground-breaking collaboration between an important British artist and a composer with an international reputation,” asserts Curator Stephen Whittle, who says the result is “an extremely impressive piece of work that deepens our understanding of the creative process between two artists.”
Paintings by Peter Sedgley, Bridget Riley and Jeffrey Steele aim to provide an historical context by showcasing designs created with similarly “precisely controlled systems”.
Admission free. Call 0161 770 4653 or visit Gallery Oldham
