Samuel Walsh

Despite the inference within the title, this exhibition of drawings by Samuel Walsh is not intended as an 18-year retrospective. Instead, the selection made by the artist himself revolves around how different images link in purely visual terms. This motive could even be applied to the way in which the drawings are finely attuned to the architecture of the space itself. The balconies, adjoining corridors and skylight all seem to complement Walsh's work perfectly.

The majority of drawings displayed are rendered in black and white, using varying combinations of charcoal, graphite, chalk and cont. What is distinctive about Walsh's use of these materials is the way he marries the contradiction of expressive and precise approaches into one.

The essential content of the drawings is for the most part abstract, with an obvious predilection for geometric concerns. But the route taken is never straightforward, as Walsh is adept at mixing formats: hard edge competes with organic textures, static shapes are offset by suggested movement, bold two-dimensionality is permeated by fleeting suggestions of space and so on. Spend time with this work and subtle contexts begin to reveal themselves. For example, Fourteen points of Entry (Drawings), suggested to me a series of fleeting microfiche frames, held for a second before zipping onto the next. Perceiving the appearances of things based on your own experiences can, maybe even should be, part and parcel of Walsh's work.

Runs until January 31st