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voewood 2012-2013 | sunlight on wood | 2012-2013 | 15 x 9 cm | unique | acquired 2014 | photographed by the artist
My first and only face to face encounter with Roger Ackling (1947 – 2014) was in 2010 when he showed up as the external examiner for the degree work. Acking’s unassuming demeanour was evident and likewise in his work I found inspirational. I found somehting deeply spiritual and sublime in Ackling’s work where his attention to the sun and the found object are treated with equal respect and sensitivity. He takes on this process in his life’s work. It is not a mere signature that he cultivates but an explorative and meditative journey that rejoices in a process that links and corresponds and the artist becomes the inbetween entity in this conversation between drawing source and surface.
Further reading | Roger Ackling’s Obituary | Profile