Lane Gallery is pleased to present 'A Fast, Bright Dust', a solo exhibition by Richard Höglund, on view at 31 St George Street, London, W1S 2FJ from October 8 to October 19.
The title of the exhibition is derived from a text by Anne Carson on Mimnermos, whose fragmentary writings she translates with luminous precision. 'What streams out of Mimnermos' suns are the laws that attach us to all luminous things,' she writes. Höglund found resonance in this idea while exploring theories of sunlight as a carrier of information, and these reflections, entwined with his fascination with the Egyptian god Aton, provided the conceptual foundation for the works in this series.
Each work features linear elements drawn in pure gold over quiet, spectral fields. Höglund describes his process: “The colour, reminiscent of light spectra visible from the window of an airplane over the Arctic North, is made by confronting my usual palette for primary colours: lapis lazuli, cinnabar, and Naples yellow, with titanium white, which pushes these historical pigments into new territory."
Born in 1982 in Sumter, South Carolina, Richard Höglund has developed a research-driven practice rooted in drawing, which he regards as the most immediate articulation of thought before it becomes language. Educated in Boston and Strasbourg, his work is layered with literary, historical, and philosophical references, and often realised through unconventional materials such as marble dust, pulverised bone, shells, and precious metals. These materials, transformed by Höglund’s hand, serve as conduits for meditations on memory, light, and permanence.