Craig Kerrecoe
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"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,
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 has
been collaborating with OC Artist Esther Appleyard BA (Hons) on
a joint project entitled 'A Series Of Lines' which was
shown at Three Cups Gallery in Ely
during May and June, 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 new 'Code' sub-series 'White Noise' 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.
He exhibited in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, by invitation from Atelier EAST, with a solo installation of his new 'Code' sub-series 'White Noise' 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.
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.
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.
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