Needhams
Restaurant & Art Gallery proudly presents a solo
exhibition of abstract paintings by the
Cambridgeshire-based Artist
Craig Kerrecoe
Needhams
Restaurant & Art Gallery
186
Main Street, Witchford, Ely, Cambs CB6 2HT
23rd
January to 3rd April 2009
"Kerrecoe
expertly taps into the insecurity, the unsettling fear
that we are not actually in control of our selves, of our
identities.....of who we really are."
Kerrecoes' work,
frequently abstract, invariably focuses on the concept of
identity. He seems driven by a desire to understand who
he is and what makes him that person. Is he little more
than a machine, programmed to function in an extremely
specific way? Is his identity just an elaborate illusion,
the result of billions of chemical reactions?
We believe his work appeals to others because so many of
us, at one time or another, are forced to confront who we
really are. We can hide behind a facade for so much of
the time but every now and then, inadvertently, we let
our true selves show. Kerrecoe expertly taps into the
insecurity, the unsettling fear that we are not actually
in control of our selves, of our identities.....of who we
really are.
'The Code' series of paintings, started in 2004 and first
shown at Needhams in October 2005, uses a complex
language of abstract colour and pattern, designed to
convey Kerrecoe's internal conflict to balance his
genetically produced instincts with his sense of
'free-will'. He collaborated with OC Artist Esther
Appleyard BA (Hons) on a joint project based on 'The
Code' series, entitled 'A Series Of Lines' which was
shown at Three Cups Gallery in Ely during 2007 and then
at Worcester City Art Gallery in April/May 2008.
He exhibited in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, by invitation
from Atelier EAST, with a solo installation of his work
for the month of August 2007 at the Angles Theatre which
was reviewed in the August 2007 Edition of Art & Soul
Magazine by Curator Karen Harvey. 'Within The Weave', the
short film by Craig & Esther, made to accompany their
joint exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery, was
selected for the international Streaming Festival based
in The Hague in October 2008.
