From Wednesday 25 November 2020 till Saturday 16 January 2021

In the work of Koen Doodeman metaphor becomes an essential apparatus through which our nebulous human subjectivity can be grasped. Doodeman’s work surveys a glissade between an image and its carrier. It investigates shifts between concrete symbol/signal and decorative abstraction as well as the latent potential of forms between the two to communicate over long distances or be obscured in proximity. In this way, Doodeman creates work through which we can turn inwards and examine our own interpretive mechanisms. As we engage with his bold strokes of intersecting colour we are presented with immersive, interwoven overlays of fabric reminiscent of refracting light and dancing geometry, triggering a dynamism between image and surface. Seams and stitches create a textured patina that grounds the work in its own physicality whilst bestowing considerable visual depth.