Mark Wright – Rome II, 2025

These two works (Rome I & II) are informed by a number of ideas; key among them is ‘ambiguity’ and how images in paintings operate, located between resemblance, representation and abstraction. The root of these ideas comes from Dario Gamboni book ‘Potential Images’.l published 2002. Ambiguity is inherent in images because visual perception is an interpretive act involving memory and imagination. This idea originating in the late 19th century is crucial to key developments in Abstraction. It has made this aspect of perception crucial to its relationship, not only with the artist but also with the viewer. For me the act of memory for creating studies inspired by experiences in Rome is integral to the work.