ROB WYNNE: SPEECHLESS
Locks Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Rob Wynne. For his fifth solo show at the gallery, Wynne exhibits recent works that explore the elusive nature of language through his use of eccentric materials. As a conceptual artist with interests in literature, painting, sculpture, drawing, embroidery, and glass making, Wynne works in a range of media with a particular interest in a material’s ability to transform.
His signature wall reliefs are comprised of an abstract cluster of individual hand poured mirrored glass elements, achieved by uniquely pouring each letter or element, followed by a process of cooling and silvering.
Where
Elope
Smoke on vellum, 2018
21 x 27 inches
In order to transport the letters into the cooling oven from the table that they’re poured on, they have to be slid onto a piece of wood. And when they’re slid onto the wood, the wood catches fire and produces an enormous amount of smoke, which chars the surface of the wood. So it both imprints the letter—“brands it”—into the wood, and it also creates smoke, which is charcoal...I lit a candle and put paper on a piece of Plexiglas, so that I could look through the paper and trap the smoke onto it. So it really is a charcoal drawing.