Ed Douglas
...darkness shall be the light,
...stillness the dancing
September 16 - November 6, 2022
Exhibition launch event Saturday September 17 at 2pm
Artist talk Saturday September 24 at 2pm
This is the working title for a coming exhibition by the artist, Ed Douglas. The lines are from a poem by T.S. Eliot titled Wait Without Hope. This body of work has evolved mainly over the past two years but a few relevant older works may also be included. He says, Like everyone, I have been quite affected by the rapidly changing world we are living in. Climate change, the pandemic along with aggressive and divisive politics are a timely reminder of the threats to our collective humanity and our human vulnerability. These have forced us to look more closely at human suffering and focus on the issues that humanity must deal with.
Archetypal figures feature in Ed Douglas' recent art , along with representations of everyday figures are Gautama Buddha and Mary the Mother of Jesus. He says of Buddha and Mary: They represent to me the profound reality of human wisdom and loving kindness. In these dark times they seem to offer healing and light. In their stillness I imagine that they experience the world as an infinity of atoms dancing.
Ed Douglas, Buddha Contemplating The Fate Of Ozymandias 2022, H 81cm x W 121.5cm, archival pigment print on 310gsm cotton rag
Ed Douglas, The Beautiful 2021, 120cm x 62.5cm, archival pigment print on 310gsm cotton rag