Ry David Bradley`s debut solo exhibition at PM/AM opens in London
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PM/AM presents 21th Century, Ry David Bradley’s debut solo exhibition at the gallery featuring a new body of work inspired by 3D rendering and ocular manipulation. Anaglyphic stereo, a process pioneered in the early 20th century which adopted colour theory to provide the illusion of depth of field in images via 3D glasses, provides a key point of engagement for the audience. Popularised in 1950’s America, a time when acrylic paint was also developed, viewing this series of works via these methods results in a strange collision of time and place, part 21st century, part historic. In an age before smartphones these works may have been perceived as op-art, itself a mid century movement correlating to the early use of computers. Today such an aesthetic carries a distinctly digital texture, reminiscent of plasma TV screens in a concrete and permanent state. Furthering the artist’s fascination with the impact of hyperreality o