Rob Tucker: The Mystical Point of View
Current exhibition
Overview
193 Gallery is pleased to present The Mystical Point of View, the third solo exhibition by New Zealand artist Rob Tucker (b. 1987), on view at the gallery’s Paris space.
The Mystical Point of View approaches landscape as a space of perception rather than representation. In this exhibition, Rob Tucker articulates a vision informed by Taoist thought, where painting is understood as following a path rather than reaching a destination. What unfolds on the canvas belongs to an inner terrain, shaped by memory, sensation, and intuition.
From this position emerge pared-down compositions and an intense palette that seek synthesis rather than narrative. Lines, volumes, and architectural forms appear only to remain in flux, never fully settling. The mysticism referenced in the title is not a matter of belief, but of attentiveness—a way of listening to the world’s subtle rhythms, poised between control and release.
Beneath the apparent simplicity of the motifs lies a complex process. Acrylic, fragmented oil stick marks, diluted stains, and watercolor pencils are layered and then sealed beneath an epoxy resin that heightens the colors and lends the surfaces a luminous, almost liquid depth. The materiality of the works becomes a site of dialogue between the tangible and the elusive, inviting viewers to move through the image and allow themselves to be guided by light.
The Mystical Point of View approaches landscape as a space of perception rather than representation. In this exhibition, Rob Tucker articulates a vision informed by Taoist thought, where painting is understood as following a path rather than reaching a destination. What unfolds on the canvas belongs to an inner terrain, shaped by memory, sensation, and intuition.
From this position emerge pared-down compositions and an intense palette that seek synthesis rather than narrative. Lines, volumes, and architectural forms appear only to remain in flux, never fully settling. The mysticism referenced in the title is not a matter of belief, but of attentiveness—a way of listening to the world’s subtle rhythms, poised between control and release.
Beneath the apparent simplicity of the motifs lies a complex process. Acrylic, fragmented oil stick marks, diluted stains, and watercolor pencils are layered and then sealed beneath an epoxy resin that heightens the colors and lends the surfaces a luminous, almost liquid depth. The materiality of the works becomes a site of dialogue between the tangible and the elusive, inviting viewers to move through the image and allow themselves to be guided by light.
Works
Installation Views
Photo by Nicolas Brasseur
