On Location presents works that extend the term 'to locate' or have been informed by the experience of 'a location'. In diverse visual forms, the selected works capture the energies of experiencing a place, with an emphasis on physiological and conceptual responses over pictorial representation. In a time when travel is encumbered or disallowed, it is curious to consider that several of the selected works have stemmed from time spent by the artists on international residencies. JACOBUS CAPONE in Upervanik, Greenland, DAN McCABE in the Hyrynsalmi region of Finland, and MARITA FRASER in Oaxaca, Mexico. KATE McMILLAN filters her visit to Dungeness on the Kent coast of the United Kingdom, a site renowned as a shingle beach classified as a desert, and a pilgrim destination for followers of film-maker Derek Jarman where his heritage listed Prospect Cottage and desert garden is located.
Anchoring the exhibition is commanding work by TOM MÙLLER. Mùller consistently captures the essence of complex phenomena in reductive form offering work that elegantly traverses mapping, minimalism and poetics. In Blueshift II a dark disc in the foreground intercepts the lineal ground that alludes to wavelengths, energies and frequency in light. Mùller's work translates the less tangible. Two wall works in On Location offer a contained statement; something of a counterpoint to the ephemeral and large scale environmentally located works that he is well known for.