Proof Pairs
James Douglas

24 September - 18 October

Proof Pairs depicts a series of spaces, partly real and partly imagined, that could best be described as liminal. Like the surreal, liminal landscapes of de Chirico, they are intimately concerned with geometry. And, like the work of de Chirico, or of Simon Stålenhag, they are empty, quiet and discomforting. They are concerned too, with mundane details like the patina of old floors, and they are about fire extinguishers, whose bright red punctuates like the red ink of signature seals on Chinese Calligraphy. Or perhaps they are about the eerie green glow of exit signs, or of pools of light emanating from unseen sources. Or maybe, like the influential work of Sesame Street’s Number Painter, they are about numbers, painted on signs and on walls and doors. Perhaps they are about the spaces between these things – a cadence and a linking in unspecified pairs… or perhaps they are not.