Heat applied to iron ore then reprocessed becomes steel.  Early in his career, crushed galvanized steel is the material by which the late John Chamberlain distinguished himself as a sculptor who brought expressionist painting into three dimensions. He used industrial compressors to crush and bend the metal, afterwards welding them into their final composition. They exemplify strength and a transformation of their ready-made components.

Davide Balula is a conceptual artist that works in a variety of media including electronic devices that produce sound, and performance. When producing abstract ‘paintings’ he works with natural processes such as soaking canvas in rivers, or allowing mold spores to form on its surface. Here, his burnt abstract ‘diptychs’ are a combination of burnt wood-panel and charcoal rubbed onto linen canvas. A positive and negative impression of hard/soft edge geometric forms results in a dichotomy of original and imprint (copy).

Ether is believed to permeate all space, including the interstices between the particles of matter. Michael Part’s abstractions are executed by soaking brass or copper panels in a solution of silver nitrate. Once used in photography the chemical properties of the liquid are a catalyst for surface permutations that appear as the stains and pours found in color field painting. Over time the ‘imageless’ image minutely shifts due to a naturally occurring reaction of materials.