Analog Exquisite Corpse

Matthew Ritchie - Mark and Gesture

Matthew Ritchie's piece, aptly named "No Sign of the World", is chaotic, colorful, and very intricate.  This piece was made using oil and markers, both of which seem good for a mark and gesture piece.  The part that caught my eye first was the purple towards the top of the piece.  These seemingly random gestures add a color to the piece that can also be seen (more subtly) at the bottom of the piece in a puddle-ish form.  More examples of mark and gesture in the piece is the shadowy marks that seem to be in the background of the piece.  These give the 2D piece an almost 3D look because they almost lift everything else in the piece to the foreground.  This piece is not all mark and gesture, because if you look closely, you can see eyeballs on the circular figures throughout the piece.  But the chaos of the piece is distinct mark and gesture.

Mark and Gesture