West Gallery:
This exhibition of recent painting by visiting Dutch artist Ien Lucas are an extension of pieces made during her residence at the Banff Centre in 1985/1986. In these works the artist combines the language of figurative painting with the formal approach of abstract painting. Reducing this analysis to a specific painting problem, Lucas explores the issue of spacial illusions through the paradox of illusionistic reproduction on a flat surface.
"Most of the paintings refer to painting as a method of creating an illusion of space. I did this by using drawings of architectural elements and placing them on monochromatic backgrounds. Next to the recognizable architectonic boundaries/framework of the painting. This concretizes the painterly gesture and reduces the possibility of these paintings functioning as illusions."
Ien Lucas.
Assistance for this exhibition was provided by the government of the Netherlands through the Ministry of Welfare, Public Health and Culture.