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‘An endless line traversing a boundless surface is like ‘A little bit of infinity’. PRP
During the spring and early summer of 2020 Peter Randall-Page escaped to a cabin in the woods near his home. Using only hand tools he carved each small sculpture with a continuous line, dividing the surface of a stone into two ‘territories’. This tactile, linear exploration is carried onto new drawings. Ink takes to the textured surface of the handmade Indian paper, bleeding and spreading in folded and multiple sheet works.
An Illustrated Catalogue accompanies this exhibition with an essay by Philip Ball, author of many popular books on science, including works on the nature of water, pattern formation in the natural world, colour in art and the science of social and political philosophy.
‘The lines appear to bisect their plane, but not as a scalpel does: they partition it with no pretence at economy. They meander like rivers carving up the landscape – you’re always on one side or the other, but stick a pin, blindfold, into the map and there’s no telling which side it will be”
