Tim Fishlock is not your usual artist. Despite being a painter, Fishlock swears that music is the ultimate arm form, and his new exhibit “Paradise Version,” explores the triumphs and limitations of how the human language describes and adversities music.
On display at the Hang-Up Gallery from 25 March through 29 April, “Paradise Vision” features 16 paintings that reflect Fishlock’s love of record collecting. In particular, Fishlock implements a combination of color and text to explore the unique vernacular used to describe music.
Fascinated by the descriptions of records on online record shops and the techniques they use to try to market the music, Fishlock takes excerpts of these descriptions and immortalizes the words through acrylic gouache and screen printing. For example, one record by Reggie Grantham and The New Generation is described as “1985 North Carolina boogie/gospel/electro banger.” These words inspired the piece BOOGIE BANGER.
But why does the artist choose such words from record excerpts? Tim Fishlock explains the thought process behind the work DARK WAVE.
“Descriptions such as LUSH DESPAIRING DARK WAVE not only go some way to deciphering a record (dark wave is the genre) they also, like the best flash fiction, suggest other, more elaborate interpretations. Who hasn’t felt the metaphorical, melancholic crash of a lush, despairing, dark wave at some point in their lives?” Fishlock said.
Alongside the exhibition, guests will have the opportunity to create their own poetry using Fishlock’s “THE POEM WILL RESEMBLE YOU” spinning wheel of fortune. With a flick of the spinning wheel, attendees can generate their own poem from over 32,768 possible combinations.
For more information about the exhibition, visit https://hanguppictures.com/exhibitions/tim-fishlock-paradise-version#artworks.
