Boustrophedon
Chris Jennings Works Scrutiny and Immanence Curriculum vitae

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Eighteen paintings, oil on canvas, 12”x48”
Graphic score
Book of preparatory notes
Compact disc
1997


A body of work evolving from a research programme investigating the function and relationship of the notation of music to the practice of painting. The title of the work comes from the Phoenician system of reading and writing ‘Boustrophedon’ or ox-plough, a to-ing and fro-ing through the text. This enabled a pictorial structure and colour system that formed the basis for the paintings. 

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Studio, work in progress Installation at Standpoint Gallery, London Graphic score   Notebook