james clayden: flights of fancy
12.11.22-30.11.22
James Clayden : Flight of Fancy Installation Images
‘‘To me, great abstraction has always represented mystery. The literal or the realist painting grapples and passes with a moment. It merely records a single grain of sand on the eternal beach. Great abstract paintings deepen the mystery of our existence but also emote the feeling of the eternal. I feel that Clayden has always been in this zone of deep questioning but has an insightful understanding of what we have to get done in our nominated period as human beings. The mantra.
When l have had the privilege of standing in front of some of the greatest abstract paintings ever made, from east to west, they have all had a commonality of making me feel that there is something strange and mysterious beyond the physical and material world. I have had this feeling on many occasions in front of Clayden paintings. It is as if he has an understanding of that mystery, an insight that has come from humility and a dense art practice that has never followed fashion trends. A true gift of new conditions and discoveries. A moment of insight that gives us a reason that it all meant something to exist on this mystical spinning ball in space.’
Jeremy Kibel
