Join artist Ian Davenport for a visit to his South London studio and a discussion of his current exhibition at Kasmin, Sequence. The exhibition brings together large-scale paintings created using the artist's signature technique-pouring paint onto a tilted surface according to a carefully structured, preconceived composition and color sequence.
This process reflects Davenport's fascination with materiality. "I guess in a way I've always thought of myself as a sculptor who makes paintings... So I'm playing around with two dimensions, but also how two dimensions become three dimensions," he says.
Each work consists of a meticulously planned color sequence, which the artist often generates by remixing palettes inspired by historic works of art. Davenport hopes these experiments in color will prompt his viewers to be "more aware of the world that's around them"-"a bit more sensitive" towards their environment.
Sequence remains on view at Kasmin through January 9, 2021.
Video by Calvin Chinthaka. Courtesy of ARTnews.