2019 Luminous Void: A Solo Exhibition

EXHIBITION: Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
27 September – 3 November 2019

Planet earth is surrounded by the most theatrical of backdrops. It is a magical display of infinitude in whose darkness the lights of dying stars reach us millions of light-years from their original source. Such drama of exploding stars and gaseous infernos eventually fades and expires, morphing finally into something else, somewhere else.

Artists and philosophers alike have drawn inspiration from the magnitude of the heavens and the esoteric nature of time. In Luminous Void we see some tiny threads of their influence in the intensity of colours, the layered darkened backgrounds and the evolving, shifting forms and shapes. The cosmos is an alluring, beckoning subject.

Marion Borgelt, excerpt from text ‘Luminous Void’, 2019

I am fascinated by the nature of time and how it governs our lives and the universe we live in. In the natural world the passage of time is predominantly characterised by the existence of cycles and repetition where one phase or stage of a living, dynamic entity metamorphoses into another. I have created many series of works exploring the infinitely repetitious nature of time and the universal elements embodying this man-made construct. For example, I have had an ongoing fascination with lunar phases and the powerful effects of the moon on human life.

Mutation, morphology, light, impermanence and incessant change are at the crux of much of my work. As human knowledge shifts, so does the material world, with matter constantly engaged in a process of change on every scale: growth, evolution and entropy.

Much of my sculptural work focuses on undulating forms of waves, rhythms, dark/light relationships and the polarities of presence and absence.  Whereas the most recent suite paintings show a dream-world layering of shapes and forms expressing movement of brilliant, illuminated lights or ‘star clusters’.