Pale grey strokes trace a loose, unhurried course across white ground, the line thinning and swelling as pressure shifts. Nkemelu's composition balances a sweeping diagonal against a closed oval form, the two elements held in quiet conversation rather than resolved into unity. Colour is near-absent, leaving the eye to read weight and rhythm alone - a restraint that asks more of the viewer than it concedes.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery
More from The Threshold Between Presence and Absence
Pale grey strokes trace a loose, unhurried course across white ground, the line thinning and swelling as pressure shifts. Nkemelu's composition balances a sweeping diagonal against a closed oval form, the two elements held in quiet conversation rather than resolved into unity. Colour is near-absent, leaving the eye to read weight and rhythm alone - a restraint that asks more of the viewer than it concedes.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery