How to Get to Bankley

Jonathan Trayner

15 November - 21 December 2003
Open 15 - 16 November 12 - 6 pm, 22 November 12 - 7 pm
all other times by appointment, telephone 0161 256 4143 or 07944 695916

How to get to Bankley - This print reproduced from a drawing as a limited edition multiple is a response to the problem of Bankley Gallery's location. A feature of Bankley previews is gallery goers on mobile phones in the entrance saying something along the lines of "No it's the next on the left… yes, before the Irish pub… no, you've gone too far… hang on I'll go down to the main road and find you…" This print, doubling as publicity material, will be handed out prior to the exhibition.

55mm paintings - Constructed using a badge-making machine these monochromatic images are combined in endless mosaic patterns to make up potentially huge composite paintings. As each component painting is an individual piece this work, or series of works, sits between the art-multiple and the unique artwork.

Wall based paintings/sculptures - Continuing the ideas explored in previous work the wall based constructions such as Green Calx and #17 Crispy Fried Formalism with Leopards sit on the border between sculpture and painting. Here Trayner has used patterned self-adhesive vinyl, acquired from craft and DIY stores, to create the effect of 'real' wood, stained glass or even leopard print in the grand tromp l'oeil manner. Trayner counterbalances the banality and ubiquity of his materials with polished manufacturing methods. He celebrates the aesthetic qualities of wing nuts and light fittings; a fixation with the gadgets, widgets and tools of construction.

Trayner's work demonstrates a continuing tension between a fetishistic idea of perfection and completeness - a point of stasis, and the process of construction before this point is reached where possibilities are still alive, and before decay and the inertia of history have taken their toll. By producing componential solutions or by fabricating a kit he escapes the point of unique resolution and keeps the process ongoing. The use of self-adhesive vinyl and pre-fabricated components enable Trayner to construct and deconstruct endlessly: solutions can be presented, finished works, but these only highlight the underlying conflict.

For more information telephone 07944695916, email - jon_trayner@hotmail.com