SPACE MEETS COLOUR
Bailey Govier interviewed in OTMzine Spring 2012, Issue 11.
Abstraction in Canada
March 5, 2012- April 20, 2012 By Otino Corsano
"To be gently punched in
the face would appear to be an extreme description of art reception; however, Govier’s
paintings involve the type of elastic sensations only otherwise feasible in
dreams. Melting i-beams, solid shadows and
materialized light masquerading as colour fields are the optical pranks at play
here. One stops short of suggesting these works make fun of painting and its
haut couture since there still exists a recognizable, solemn stillness – one difficult
to achieve yet maintained here as surprisingly both authentic and sincere. Govier’s
succinct forms can incite anger as the result of a lingering minimalist envy
and just as easily illicit ecstasy with the realization such unique, straightforward
maneuvers can still play tricks with our art sensibilities."-Otino Corsano, 2012