pivot/echo

Robert Cwiok

Curated by Helen Frederick

February 28th - March 23rd, 2024

“Planets move in ellipses with the Sun as one focus.” - Johannes Kepler

pivot: “a fixed point supporting something which turns or balances.”
echo: “repetitive structures ordering a visual field.”

Our universe exists within a phenomena of cycles. My visual work has never been far from the influence of the grid. For me a grid is a device upon which to build a composition, a construction, and where to express visual pathways. In the process of working on the Conceal Reveal Series I found the passages that resulted within the 2 inch squares enticing. (For example, see Conceal Reveal No. 50.5.) While an overall composition anchors the visual field, I found that by isolating the squares I began seeing other possibilities. The works on view here is a result of enlarging these passages into their own compositions, statements of color, and surface.