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The Deca-dance of Mr. Ray: A Decade of Artworks by Martin Rayment
The Deca-dance of Mr. Ray: A Decade of Artworks by Martin Rayment
16th September - 23rd September
Opening night- 15th September, 6-9pm
This September, Surface presents the first major UK exhibition of multidisciplinary artist Martin Rayment: The Deca-dance of Mr. Ray, featuring selected works from the first decade of the artist's career.
The Deca-dance of Mr.Ray brings together the full-range of the artist's distinctive multi-layered work. The pieces on display register years of personal history and present day realities on monumental canvases of resin, collage, and paint. Subtly and lavishly, Rayment uses the accoutrements of Hieronymus Bosch and the flavours of René Magritte to conjoin with the Golden Age of Hollywood. These cinematic pieces are teeming with curious tapestries of mysterious characters, presented in a swirling panorama of love and tragedy. They are composed of torn and distorted figures, lasers, saints and saviours, wrestlers and ballerinas, villains and movie stars. An artful composition invites viewers to trace skeletal, exploding thoughts by means of dark drama, cryptic triptychs and futuristic sci-fi scenes, where creation and demise finally collide.
Closing Party
Saturday 23rd September, 7-10pm
To commemorate this landmark exhibition you are cordially invited to experience the closing celebration when Martin Rayment and a cohort of musicians, poets, dancers, and theatrical collaborators will capture the essence of The Dece-dance of Mr Ray with a live, atmospheric performance.
The Deca-dance of Mr.Ray opens in the Main Gallery in conjunction with Form: A Solo Exhibition by Andrew Spinks in the Project Space. As always, there will be a donations bar with ales from local brewery, Pheasantry.
16th September - 23rd September
Opening night- 15th September, 6-9pm
This September, Surface presents the first major UK exhibition of multidisciplinary artist Martin Rayment: The Deca-dance of Mr. Ray, featuring selected works from the first decade of the artist's career.
The Deca-dance of Mr.Ray brings together the full-range of the artist's distinctive multi-layered work. The pieces on display register years of personal history and present day realities on monumental canvases of resin, collage, and paint. Subtly and lavishly, Rayment uses the accoutrements of Hieronymus Bosch and the flavours of René Magritte to conjoin with the Golden Age of Hollywood. These cinematic pieces are teeming with curious tapestries of mysterious characters, presented in a swirling panorama of love and tragedy. They are composed of torn and distorted figures, lasers, saints and saviours, wrestlers and ballerinas, villains and movie stars. An artful composition invites viewers to trace skeletal, exploding thoughts by means of dark drama, cryptic triptychs and futuristic sci-fi scenes, where creation and demise finally collide.
Closing Party
Saturday 23rd September, 7-10pm
To commemorate this landmark exhibition you are cordially invited to experience the closing celebration when Martin Rayment and a cohort of musicians, poets, dancers, and theatrical collaborators will capture the essence of The Dece-dance of Mr Ray with a live, atmospheric performance.
The Deca-dance of Mr.Ray opens in the Main Gallery in conjunction with Form: A Solo Exhibition by Andrew Spinks in the Project Space. As always, there will be a donations bar with ales from local brewery, Pheasantry.
Fri 15 Sep to Saturday 23 Sep 2023
SURFACE GALLERY
16 SOUTHWELL ROAD
NOTTINGHAM Nottinghamshire NG1 1DL
Opening Hours:Tuesday to Friday: 12:00-17:00
Saturday: 11:00 -17:00
Free Entry: Everyone Welcome
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