Graham Murtough–
Monoprints, Installation
“Too Soon To Say…”
In The Blue Room
SEP 12 – OCT 25, 2020
Monoprints, Installation
“Too Soon To Say…”
In The Blue Room
SEP 12 – OCT 25, 2020
-Too Soon to Say . . .
Uncertainty, the violence of constant change, and the complex unspoken pressures of modern living are all reoccurring themes in my work. Surprisingly, this has given me little comfort in recent times. This body of work began in late January of this year. A series of Monoprints I created in Santa Fe act as the foundation for a series of small sculptures.
When something is removed, erased or lost, there is a gap that does not get replaced. As a society, we tend not to regain things we lose in the name of progress. I wanted to speak to this experience without nostalgia; giving it an abstract form that allows a viewer to contemplate such loss. As our world shifts in unprecedented ways, this line of enquiry takes on a new potency I am still attempting to understand and navigate. Power structures, collective social movementsand crisis response have defined these past six months. In the smallest way, these works are an attempt to express my evolving understanding of loss in these unpredictable times.
Uncertainty, the violence of constant change, and the complex unspoken pressures of modern living are all reoccurring themes in my work. Surprisingly, this has given me little comfort in recent times. This body of work began in late January of this year. A series of Monoprints I created in Santa Fe act as the foundation for a series of small sculptures.
When something is removed, erased or lost, there is a gap that does not get replaced. As a society, we tend not to regain things we lose in the name of progress. I wanted to speak to this experience without nostalgia; giving it an abstract form that allows a viewer to contemplate such loss. As our world shifts in unprecedented ways, this line of enquiry takes on a new potency I am still attempting to understand and navigate. Power structures, collective social movementsand crisis response have defined these past six months. In the smallest way, these works are an attempt to express my evolving understanding of loss in these unpredictable times.
About Graham Murtough
Graham Murtough (b. 1975) recently graduated from the MA program at City and Guilds of London Art School where he won the Outstanding Exhibition award for The Relative Value of Convention II. He earned his BA in Fine Art from the College of Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 2017 he was featured in the group exhibition Exceptional at Collyer Bristow Gallery in London and was awarded High Commendation by Whitechapel Gallery Director, Iwona Blazwick. His practice is inherently transient and benefits from having multiple locales of origin.
He plans to divide his time between Washington State, New Mexico, and London.
Graham Murtough (b. 1975) recently graduated from the MA program at City and Guilds of London Art School where he won the Outstanding Exhibition award for The Relative Value of Convention II. He earned his BA in Fine Art from the College of Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 2017 he was featured in the group exhibition Exceptional at Collyer Bristow Gallery in London and was awarded High Commendation by Whitechapel Gallery Director, Iwona Blazwick. His practice is inherently transient and benefits from having multiple locales of origin.
He plans to divide his time between Washington State, New Mexico, and London.