Ian Busher | Process

September 14 – 28

Vernissage: Saturday Sept 14 @ 3 - 5 pm with an artist talk at 3:30 pm

WALL SPACE GALLERY is proud to present Process a solo exhibition by abstract painter Ian Busher.

Busher's new series of hard-edge geometric abstract paintings balance form and colour in crisp two and three dimensional compositions that hint at everyday moments objects and emotions. Parred down to squared and rectangular colour blocks Busher pushes the relationship between visual imagery and the natural desire to assign meaning.

Strategically selected titles such as ‘Rose’ ‘The Local Scene’ and ‘Random Access Memory’ offer glimpses into the suggested forms and concepts captured by Busher; their meanings slipping between names physical objects album titles and colloquial sayings. Seemingly untethered from a specific theme the process of meaning making becomes the crux of Busher’s project. Leaning into the failure of ‘pure abstraction’ this body of work playfully acknowledges the impossibility of unassociated colour and shape – even when stripped bare of its form.

"When you search for a definition of Process online you will find several that all revolve around the same theme; a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end; to perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it; and to deal with (someone or something) using an official and established procedure.

When conceiving this show at the start of 2024 I had no idea that I would be processing so many personal events at the same time. My wife was badly injured in an accident and we lost a loved one who was very dear to us all at a time when we were very very busy. I wanted to use this title because this year has been very much about processing everything that was going on all at once processing emotions struggle and balance while going through the creative process of making new work."

- Ian Busher

We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery for the vernissage on Saturday Sept 7 @ 3 - 5 pm the artist will be in attendance. 

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