Ian Davenport, Poured Lines Art@Site

Fresh colours in an awkward place
Shape
Narrow vertical lines have many colors: primary, greyed to saturated. When the work is viewed between two fingers, each section is shown with it’s different color combination and atmosphere. If you look closely, you see that the work is made by hand. Most lines have one color along the entire height and thickness, but sometimes there is a subtle gradient. This can be seen only after careful study.
Material
Paint is brought on a large smooth shiny sheet. Such work is exceptional in public space; is this space paintings and also works with color are a minority.
Location
The work of art fulfills a clear function, namely it reduces an annoying feeling on an awkward place, namely under a bridge. Here the walls are frayed and dirty and there are many shades of gray.
Impact
Under a bridge, many people tend to walk briskly. Therefore, the artwork is viewed volatile. At the same this artwork is hard to read and interpret because of the large number of colors that evoke many different emotions. Therefore, the impact is not what it might have.
Meaning
Each artwork can be classified by function: by an aesthetic function, an artwork can make remember, can shock, can be cheerful. An artwork can also play a role in an awkward space where people stay only for a short while. If there was made a choice for certain effect, a certain emotion, this artwork would have been stronger and more effective.
By Theo, www.artatsite.com