DARKLIGHT
Nick Moore

Opening Friday 25 May 2012, 6 - 9pm as part of SLAM Last Fridays

Thursday 24 May to Sunday 17 June 2012
Open Thursdays to Sundays, 12-5pm

A.P.T presents a new series of large multi panelled canvasses by acclaimed
Bristol-based abstract painter and improvising musician, Nick Moore.

On Sunday 17th June, 2pm there will be an Artists Talk in the Gallery, followed by a performance by Evan Parker, an internationally acclaimed improvising musician. Free event

The talk will include the creation and context of the paintings, with reference to abstraction, their connection to Nick's enquiry into the colour black, and how this fits with his writing and music practice. The common element to all three strands is the practice of a combination of spontaneity and deliberation - considered improvisation - and this will be reflected in the performance by internationally acclaimed improvising saxophonist Evan Parker, responding to the paintings in the gallery after the talk.

This is Nick's first solo exhibition in London and an important step for him out of the Southwest region where he has exhibited regularly over the last fifteen years. The exhibition is called 'DarkLight' and follows on from the 'Dark Intervals' series shown at the Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton in 2010. These large format paintings are the continuation of an exploration of the colour black as an energy, working against the stereotypical cast of it as depressive or as an endgame. As Matisse said, 'Black is a force' and Nick has been immersed in an enquiry into it as a colour for the last five years, not only in the studio but also in writing and performance.

"Nick remains totally connected to his painting, which investigates abstraction and colour, in what, at first glance, appears to be not particularly within the zeitgeist of contemporary conceptual art practice. However, it is Nick's approach which is considered, thoughtful and has a research focus which asks questions of the work. What is also key is his interest in other forms of expression - writing and music- and it is this that gives his practice an edge."
Gill Nicol, director, lightsgoingon

Nick Moore is represented by Anthony Hepworth Fine Art.
www.anthonyhepworth.com

for further information please contact
Nick Moore on 0117 9413167
or nicksplashmoore@hotmail.com