Alan Storey: Some Moments in this Time and Space…
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Pendulum Gallery 885 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E8
Alan Storey, "M Theory (with coffee pot)," 2021
mixed-media, c. Alan Storey
Alan Storey has developed his reputation as an important public artist over the last three decades, successfully completing many large-scale projects that combine a keen sensitivity to location with his virtuoso handling of materials and technologies. During the past few years, he has been focusing on his studio practice, exploring smaller-scale kinetic works that build on his central themes of time and space and an evolving dialogue of overlaying patterns, derived from natural systems and human interactions, that are reflected in the underlying mechanics of the works themselves.
This exhibition provides an opportunity to consider how Storey’s smaller works have supported and expanded his sculptural language, bringing together a range of sculptures that provide a window into the complexity and sophistication of his overall practice. His use of movement is central to his concerns, and in these gallery-scaled works we can begin to appreciate how he seamlessly merges complex concepts of natural systems and theoretical physics with works that are playful and engaging to experience.