Ian Wells A Proposed Idea July 24th – August 10th, 2019 Starting from a proposed ideal, Ian’s works arrive at completion and resolution from a process rich with pragmatism and reflection. Deliberately conceived with a delicate and often multi-panel picture field, Ian endeavours to bring a fragile and tenuous order to deliberately awkward compositions. This … Read More
Ian Wells Somewhat Transparent 28.11.18 – 15.02.18 “Plastic is a problem, made with oil, so cheap to produce that it has almost no value. Its disposal and role as a pollutant confound us. Rarely do we look at it with reverence or wonder.” Ian Wells, 2018. While plastic usually refers to the organic polymers that … Read More
August 30 – September 16, 2017 In Ian Wells’ paintings, allusions to tabs, folds and slots and the deliberate misuse of the symbols of cardboard packaging, tease our sense of recall with recognisable forms. The resultant paintings contain an array of odd and unlikely shapes. Forms are intersected by creases, cut lines and separate panels, … Read More