Subduction and abduction, 2024
acrylic on knitted polyester voile, sahara noir marble, framed in aluminium
31 x 71 cm

Matt Arbuckle’s practice is a process-driven exploration of place, bridging notions of landscape with painterly languages of abstraction. While fundamentally abstract, his compositions bear a relationship to the natural world, with marks and stains evocative of bisected stone, the Earth’s strata and horizon lines.

Through an experimental practice, Arbuckle uses elements of traditional Japanese shibori dyeing techniques to create abstract compositions by wrapping, twisting, folding, and draping fabric over found surfaces and structures. Bearing direct impressions of the sites and surfaces on which they are made, the resulting paintings use depth and movement to trace and reveal abstract memories.