The Red Head Gallery is pleased to present Shape-Shift an exhibition of new work by artist Ian Mackay.

Shape-Shift is an exhibition of new paintings by Ian Mackay, that emphasize compositional relationships of shape and colour anchored by strong contrasts. For Mackay, each painting becomes a means to discover an invented image that, in the end, has the presence of fact.

Many of the works feature a strong design in black, lending additional energy and power to the colour shape layers on top, making for an unmistakable “attention-grabbing” presence. The organization of shapes and lines, while wholly abstract, playfully tug at our recognition of objects or personas, hovering in a perceptual ambiguous tension.