Ed Kluz an Artist,
illustrator and Printmaker based in Brighton has his first solo exhibition 'The Lost House Revisited ‘at Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood.
Luz presents a series of collages that reimagine Britain’s lost country houses.
He travels back in time and breathes life into buildings that appear erect and
bold. However, in reality they are now deceased and are reduced to mere ruins.
You stand back and stare at each piece individually and it appears to be a series of detailed paintings. You walk towards the work and on closer inspection the intricate brushstrokes you thought existed are instead meticulous pieces of collaged paper. Finely crafted, built and structured like 3D architectural models .The landscape exists as a mere wash of colour. On the other hand, the buildings appear strong and permanent, the landscape a transient wave of energy. Ironically it is the Godly creation of the natural landscape that still exists today.
Kluz's work is evocative of memory. All of the buildings are sinisterly personified perhaps because of the debauchery associated with their histories. The hollowed out windows are blackened with darkness and they appear to have no inhabitants. A melancholy and eerie tone is created and this is reinforced by the hollow and sparse surroundings. The colours used are suggestive of mood and temperature. The murky blues and browns strangely add an organic sense of light that acts like a spotlight on the buildings. The juxtaposition between light and shade is perhaps representative of past and present, life and death. Overall Kluz's works are powerful and intriguing. As a viewer you connect and sense out the buildings. There is no prescribed intention. They are a series of buildings that appear to be suspended in limbo. Like a spaceship that has landed onto a barren alien planet.
You stand back and stare at each piece individually and it appears to be a series of detailed paintings. You walk towards the work and on closer inspection the intricate brushstrokes you thought existed are instead meticulous pieces of collaged paper. Finely crafted, built and structured like 3D architectural models .The landscape exists as a mere wash of colour. On the other hand, the buildings appear strong and permanent, the landscape a transient wave of energy. Ironically it is the Godly creation of the natural landscape that still exists today.
Kluz's work is evocative of memory. All of the buildings are sinisterly personified perhaps because of the debauchery associated with their histories. The hollowed out windows are blackened with darkness and they appear to have no inhabitants. A melancholy and eerie tone is created and this is reinforced by the hollow and sparse surroundings. The colours used are suggestive of mood and temperature. The murky blues and browns strangely add an organic sense of light that acts like a spotlight on the buildings. The juxtaposition between light and shade is perhaps representative of past and present, life and death. Overall Kluz's works are powerful and intriguing. As a viewer you connect and sense out the buildings. There is no prescribed intention. They are a series of buildings that appear to be suspended in limbo. Like a spaceship that has landed onto a barren alien planet.
By Lalita Bailey(Curation intern at Mascalls Gallery)
'The Lost House Revisited' ends on the 13th of December 2014.
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