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SOLO EXHIBITION

Work: No narrative. No symbols.

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b. 1953, Canada
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Groombridge’s work prides itself on precision. A rigorous attention to detail saturated by vivid colour, a carved edge, and exact calculation. The tangibility of his work relies on these truths, the conversation becoming bound to the existence of them. The material specificity remains, the decisions absolute, however he relieves the work of significant predetermined assumptions, it’s been decided for us: No narrative. No symbols.

Narratives are linear. They have a beginning and an end. They are whole because they ultimately culminate. Symbols reference and describe. They point in directions while exhausting us of any further postulation. Nearly everything is symbolic, it is a language we latch onto when words lose themselves.

Three images are attached to the wall by a single point. They fall skewed, diagonally pulled down towards the floor, in the way you would expect gravity to ensure. What is this a symbol for other than a law of the universe? You can stipulate the...More expand_more

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SOLO EXHIBITION

Work: No narrative. No symbols.

Press Release
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Groombridge’s work prides itself on precision. A rigorous attention to detail saturated by vivid colour, a carved edge, and exact calculation. The tangibility of his work relies on these truths, the conversation becoming bound to the existence of them. The material specificity remains, the decisions absolute, however he relieves the work of significant predetermined assumptions, it’s been decided for us: No narrative. No symbols.

Narratives are linear. They have a beginning and an end. They are whole because they ultimately culminate. Symbols reference and describe. They point in directions while exhausting us of any further postulation. Nearly everything is symbolic, it is a language we latch onto when words lose themselves.

Three images are attached to the wall by a single point. They fall skewed, diagonally pulled down towards the floor, in the way you would expect gravity to ensure. What is this a symbol for other than a law of the universe? You can stipulate the...More expand_more

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137 Tecumseth St., Toronto, ON M6J 2H2, Canada
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b. 1953, Canada
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Created by susanhobbs on May 14, 2025 at 21:11
Edited by dogfood on May 14, 2025 at 22:10
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