Future Primitive

LONDON- Standpoint Gallery, London, presents John Summers - Future Primitive, on view 14 Sept - 14 Oct 2007. On first looking at John Summers' sculptures you might be bewildered, amused or even repelled by their hectic surface noise - the glitter, the chaos, the seemingly randomly assembled found objects. But looking deeper you see there is an order and control as sophisticated as any traditional sculptor. The seriousness of these playful works is in their precarious harmonies. Summers excels in the metamorphosis of his materials - retaining the sense of flow and becoming in the works while holding them at a point of minute perfection. More...