R.G. Shaw
UP-SIDE-DOWN / IN-SIDE-OUT16 - 27 July 2008
The visually poetic work of R.G Shaw consists of what he refers to as 'psycho-geographies'. Using, among other content, 'anatomies, geographies, quoted conversations and streamed and sampled broadcasts' he contemplates the great philosophical questions, often appropriating the trivial and common to do so.
Shaw incorporates symbolic imagery in his work, both painted and found, as visual stepping stones through literal and intellectual landscapes, commenting on the imagery and elevating it to represent key cultural reference points.