Robert Currie
Robert Currie's work examines structures and energies that exist
around us; those that are visible but go unnoticed and those that are
invisible, considered inconsequential, despite affecting our everyday
living.
His work focuses around the opposing theories of chaos theory, the
notion that order comes out of disorder, and complexity theory where
it is seen as inevitable in any sufficiently complex system, that
order will emerge.
An example of chaos theory is the turbulent flow in certain liquids
that creates vortices, ripples and eddies; the point where 2 bodies of
water merge - one moving so fast it lacks coherence, the other moving
so slowly it is entirely coherent. It is at this point that order
emerges and creates effects such as vortices. However, that resultant
effect will always be dependent on combinations of variables that are
unique to that time and space, and it is this intersection that
interests Currie.
His appreciation of how combinations of variables, the 'forces of
nature', manifest themselves comes from years spent on the Isle of
Man. Now living and working in London, his sensibility and awareness
of these forces is applied to an urban environment.
He consistently develops contrasts within his work; rational and
irrational, negative and positive, order and disorder, filled and
unfilled.
His recent work, a series of drawings, follow a systematic process in
an attempt to accentuate the human touch. The act of drawing
individual lines, building up an image by layering and intersecting,
gradually loses mathematical and logical precision as each line is
subject to minute variations. These variations have an aesthetic
quality where each line becomes more descriptive and harmonic. When
the lines are grouped together the systematic relationship is replaced
by a more active one of both tension and relaxation.
Copyright the artist
For more information on the artist http://www.robertcurrie.com/
Exhibitions
VINEspace. Solo show. London. 2008
Materiale Immateriale, M.U.S.C.A. Group show. Italy. 2008
VINEspace. Two man show. London. 2008
London Art Fair, London 2008
'Driven' Fieldgate gallery, London. 2007
London Art Fair. London 2007
'42' Three Colts Gallery. London. Oct 2006
Museum52 Sign. London. Oct 2006
ArtLondon. London. Oct 2006
'The Liminal Phase.' Group Show. London. Oct 2006
Florence Trust Summer show. London. Jul 2006
'2 Days, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes and 27 Seconds of Tape.' Solo Show.
Vertigo Gallery. Jun 2006
London Art Fair. Jan 2006
'Under Pressure' Two Man Show. Vertigo Gallery. London. Sept 2005
'Multiplicity' Courtyard Gallery. Isle of Man. Apr 2005
'Remote Control'. Group Show. AngelRow Gallery. Nottingham. Sept 2004
Royal British Sculptors Gallery. Two-man show London Feb 2003
'Whiteness and Purity.' Galerie P. Brussels. Jan 2003
'Moving Parts' Group show. Studio Voltaire. Clapham. London. Nov 2002
Public sculpture commissioned by Kammgarn Centre. Kaiserslautern. Apr 2002
Installation commissioned for 'Decorative Arts Exhibition' Sothebys. 2002
Installation commissioned by Autostadt for the IAA show. Frankfurt. 2001
Installation commissioned by Kammgarn Centre, Kaiserslautern. 2001
Installation commissioned for 'Decorative Arts Exhibition' Sothebys. 2001
'New Contemporaries 2000' Milton Keynes, Manchester, Edinburgh.
'The Show' Royal College of Art. 2000
Education
1998 - 2000
Royal College of Art, London.
Masters in Communication Art and Design
1995 - 1998
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) 1st class in Design and Art Direction
1994 - 1995
Isle of Man College.
Art Foundation Course
around us; those that are visible but go unnoticed and those that are
invisible, considered inconsequential, despite affecting our everyday
living.
His work focuses around the opposing theories of chaos theory, the
notion that order comes out of disorder, and complexity theory where
it is seen as inevitable in any sufficiently complex system, that
order will emerge.
An example of chaos theory is the turbulent flow in certain liquids
that creates vortices, ripples and eddies; the point where 2 bodies of
water merge - one moving so fast it lacks coherence, the other moving
so slowly it is entirely coherent. It is at this point that order
emerges and creates effects such as vortices. However, that resultant
effect will always be dependent on combinations of variables that are
unique to that time and space, and it is this intersection that
interests Currie.
His appreciation of how combinations of variables, the 'forces of
nature', manifest themselves comes from years spent on the Isle of
Man. Now living and working in London, his sensibility and awareness
of these forces is applied to an urban environment.
He consistently develops contrasts within his work; rational and
irrational, negative and positive, order and disorder, filled and
unfilled.
His recent work, a series of drawings, follow a systematic process in
an attempt to accentuate the human touch. The act of drawing
individual lines, building up an image by layering and intersecting,
gradually loses mathematical and logical precision as each line is
subject to minute variations. These variations have an aesthetic
quality where each line becomes more descriptive and harmonic. When
the lines are grouped together the systematic relationship is replaced
by a more active one of both tension and relaxation.
Copyright the artist
For more information on the artist http://www.robertcurrie.com/
Exhibitions
VINEspace. Solo show. London. 2008
Materiale Immateriale, M.U.S.C.A. Group show. Italy. 2008
VINEspace. Two man show. London. 2008
London Art Fair, London 2008
'Driven' Fieldgate gallery, London. 2007
London Art Fair. London 2007
'42' Three Colts Gallery. London. Oct 2006
Museum52 Sign. London. Oct 2006
ArtLondon. London. Oct 2006
'The Liminal Phase.' Group Show. London. Oct 2006
Florence Trust Summer show. London. Jul 2006
'2 Days, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes and 27 Seconds of Tape.' Solo Show.
Vertigo Gallery. Jun 2006
London Art Fair. Jan 2006
'Under Pressure' Two Man Show. Vertigo Gallery. London. Sept 2005
'Multiplicity' Courtyard Gallery. Isle of Man. Apr 2005
'Remote Control'. Group Show. AngelRow Gallery. Nottingham. Sept 2004
Royal British Sculptors Gallery. Two-man show London Feb 2003
'Whiteness and Purity.' Galerie P. Brussels. Jan 2003
'Moving Parts' Group show. Studio Voltaire. Clapham. London. Nov 2002
Public sculpture commissioned by Kammgarn Centre. Kaiserslautern. Apr 2002
Installation commissioned for 'Decorative Arts Exhibition' Sothebys. 2002
Installation commissioned by Autostadt for the IAA show. Frankfurt. 2001
Installation commissioned by Kammgarn Centre, Kaiserslautern. 2001
Installation commissioned for 'Decorative Arts Exhibition' Sothebys. 2001
'New Contemporaries 2000' Milton Keynes, Manchester, Edinburgh.
'The Show' Royal College of Art. 2000
Education
1998 - 2000
Royal College of Art, London.
Masters in Communication Art and Design
1995 - 1998
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) 1st class in Design and Art Direction
1994 - 1995
Isle of Man College.
Art Foundation Course
