Linenhall Art Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo.
20th August -16th October 2021.
 

We must be able to let things happen in the psyche. For us, this becomes a real art... Consciousness is forever interfering, helping, correcting, and negating, never leaving the single growth of the psychic processes in peace.

Carl Jung

 

Ping pong is a collection of paintings created by Sarah Wren Wilson that explore the process of abstraction through a transition of narratives. A starting point for form, line, and colour originates from fleeting daily observations from the artist's immediate perception of her surroundings. The surface of the paintings is the space where the ephemera of everyday life is played out in all its uncertainties, each work making sense of a tiny fragment of time. Once the initial surface marks are made and as the compositions develop, the work becomes a game—a back-and-forth dialogue between intent and intuition—where the artist’s preconceived designs are often challenged and humbled by the medium and its properties. Visually, the paintings present a paradoxical riddle: on one hand, planned and ordered, while on the other, unpredictable and precarious. During this process, the paintings may undergo numerous stages and layers as their intended outcomes drift away and a fluidity of expression emerges. The tactile nature of the surfaces and the tension in the layering of materials seek to entice viewers to consider the uncanny relationship between abstract thought and formal translation onto canvas.