Titled Cryptograms, this group of works is a further exploration of my enduring interest in the structural dynamics of chaos, but one mediated more deeply by the senses and human experience. It could be read as the application of terms to something not fully understood but still apprehended instinctually, much in the sense of a gestalt. A cryptogram by definition is a text written in code, or a symbol/figure with secret or occult significance. These works all individually pertain to a discreet sense, but one that is only a small aspect of a greater, undefinable and constantly shifting and dynamic whole. In this respect they amount to what is a kind of speculative abstraction, one that is underscored by a telos that reaches even further into the unknown.
Adrian Hobbs
Night Stand 2020
oil on panel
50 × 35 cm
Adrian Hobbs
Picture Box 2020
oil on panel
50 × 37.5 cm
Adrian Hobbs
Waves Become Wings 2020
oil on panel
58 × 55 cm
Adrian Hobbs
Witch House 2020
oil on panel
50 × 60 cm
Adrian Hobbs
The Chorus 2020
oil on panel
40 × 40 cm
Adrian Hobbs
The Subject 2020
oil on panel
50 × 35 cm
Adrian Hobbs
Blue Bell Knoll 2020
oil on panel
50 × 35 cm
Adrian Hobbs
Differentiation 2020
oil on panel
50 × 35 cm
Adrian Hobbs
The Pioneer 2020
oil on hand-shaped plywood
77 × 44 cm
