Dance Between The Raindrops
A Hug From The Art World
11 March - 02 April 2022

Dance Between The Raindrops features a series of new abstract paintings by Scottish artist Steven Cox. The works exhibited are as much paintings as they are the results of studio based performance. The works get their titles from songs by Fatboy Slim ‘Praise You’, The Kinks' ‘You Really Got Me’ and The Kings Of Leon ‘Revelry’ amongst others.

Electric colour emerges from behind a distinctive transferal painting method, that comes after, enabling the artist to explore and mine his abstract painterly language. The paintings come into being when the artist’s hands are used to tear away a thickly applied film of paint that is adhered to the surface of the canvas. The painting becomes activated when the paint is transferred from one surface to another, imprinting what once had been rhythmic gestures.

Borrowing from Richard Serra in technique with his works on paper and interplaying that with a spraying technique akin to Sterling Ruby, Cox’s duality in method and approach causes the viewers gaze to oscillate all over the pictorial surface at high frequency. The visual experience is reminiscent of the rhythmic motions of how the works were created in the first place. Cox’s approach therefore combines historical and contemporary methods. Bridging techniques, colour and sound prove vital in the endless possibilities that are achieved within his genre of abstraction. Through this exhibition, Cox pays tribute to his unending desire to further push the boundaries of material language, inviting the viewer to consider a phenomenological interpretation that exceeds the traditional scope of visual perception.