John Wallbank

About

We exist in a world of binaries, from the software programming of zeros and ones to the concept of good and evil and the emotions we experience every day. The efficacy or potency of these phenomena are measured not by their singularity, but by the comparison with their opposite. We as viewers are bound by these habits of comparing and contrasting, constantly using memory and experience to assess and validate our present situation. John Wallbank's keen awareness of this is ingrained in his practice, and is evident in the way that he skilfully - and often wilfully - manipulates the historically scared boundary between painting and sculpture. Read more