Luke Ramsey: Real Cloud
/September 12 - 26
Opening reception: September 12, 1-3 p.m.
Artist in Attendance
Madrona Gallery is pleased to present "Real Cloud", a solo exhibition of works from Luke Ramsey.
Ramsey is internationally recognized for his art and design work. He describes his work as, "Organized chaos - a play with paradoxical themes. The content is influenced by a beautifully strange cosmos of organisms and comedy. The approach needs to feel fluid and not forced."
Ramsey served as the City of Victoria's first artist in residence from 2017-2018 and his work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the permanent collection of the City of Seattle.
LUKE RAMSEY - HOLDING SPACE - 36 X 48 - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS - SOLD
Artist Statement:
The show is titled " Real Cloud." The premise stems from considering dependencies on the digital cloud- uploading data, messages, photos and art, while considering that real clouds don't store large amounts of data in the same way. A real cloud may store a moment of visual data, but clouds change and evolve and don't need servers. I like to approach my work like the flow of a cloud passing in the sky and how it can also shape itself to its environment. In most of the new work, clouds represented as themselves, as islands, as molecules, aggregates, or patches of paint on a graffiti wall.
