exhibition
New Works - Mark Joyce
The Green on Red is such a versatile space. Last time I went, I got creeped out and fled from a pretty ominous looking projection, but this time I found myself in a gallery filled with rainbows and light. Spiky rainbows, but still... Joyce's use of colour is spectacular; what might say 'Ikea children's cushions' (if an uncreative soul such as myself attempted to daub them on a canvas in the name of art) pop when applied in geometric assortments. Earlier work used these colours in a charmingly unsteady approach to the geometric look, but this exhibition punches you in the face with its threatening use of shape and variety of textures juxtaposed with rather benign, friendly colours. The only word I can really use is splendiferous. / Cora Burke
