From Within Your Shadow We Bare Our Hearts
Dustin Lyon, Aaron Pearce, Philip McHugh, Brian Whitmore, Martyn Lucas
In 1715, a total solar eclipse was visible across England. It was the 1st eclipse to be predicted by Isaac Newton’s theory of universal gravitation, its path mapped clearly and advertised in advance. The public were able to witness the phenomena and experience the predictive power of the new astronomy. It marked the beginning of a transformation of how human beings understood a solar eclipse.
"From within your shadow, we bare our hearts" by Wigan based artist Dustin Lyon contemplates the power of mastery numbers have given us. His installation a calculated simulation, a seductive optical illusion which reconnects us to the awe inspiring majesty of this rare event in the heavens.
Dustin holds these two opposing forces in his drive to make work, he wants to connect us back to a primal experience and at the same time apply the rigour of his scientific knowledge to his understanding of reality.
Dustin makes art which reconnects the viewer to the inner worlds human beings occupy, his installations guide the viewer to share in his quest for a mystical experience. Witnessed here with the silent animals from Wigan Museum’s extraordinary taxidermy collection, Dustin moves us toward the primal and often unspoken dialogue between ourselves and nature and the secret dreams we share in these moments.
Aaron Pearce’s paintings return us to the spooky superstitious mindset of our ancestors. His paintings metamorphose the weathered grain in old wood to reveal beautiful hidden images he sees within the natural marks of evolving time.
Philip McHugh paints on glass. 'Go Go Go' maps the new accelerated landscape across a Ferrari windscreen. His hyper detailed rendering of the visceral experience of speed captures the density of images seen and unseen in the modern world.
