Erin Cluley Gallery Presents Ryan Goolsby's CURRENT

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“... current, an exhibition of new work by Dallas based artist, Ryan Goolsby. The exhibition will debut new sculptures conceived around the rich symbolism of fountains. Simplifying architectural motifs into geometric patterns, Goolsby’s wall sculptures blend the lines between painting and three-dimensional art while maintaining a rigorous commitment to craftsmanship. The artist’s new sculptures explore water’s movement formally and how it parallels the shapes of electromagnetic fields and the circulatory system of the human body. current builds on his previous work of abstracting the banal and focuses on the structure of the fountain. Ryan Goolsby constructs his sculptures utilizing a combination of traditional woodworking and digital techniques. His meticulous preparation of natural woods provides a substrate for routing patterns via the use of a CNC machine. The artist’s patterns are designed first digitally then transcribed into the surface of wood grain. Layers of colored resin and paint are applied to the surface of the wooden patterns, transforming the works into elegant geometric abstractions. Broken up into separate pieces, the final sculptures come together to form a disconnected, but structurally symmetrical composition….

“...Overlapping lines, transitioning from linear to curlicue, both comfort and challenge the viewer’s eye. In current, Goolsby’s complex patterns affirm his subject matter’s constantly unstable nature. current explores the familiar symbol of water as it is captured in architectural structures like fountains and the human body. Goolsby uses repeated shapes and color to disrupt liquid’s flow through art. His sculpture’s optical illusions become apt metaphors for water’s resistance to complete apprehension; just as patterns in the artist’s sculptures intersect, moving between simple and complex, so does liquid travel through a surface or body..."