27 March - 1 May
Visual Rhythms will intrigue, puzzle and fascinate. The exhibition includes painting, drawing and sculpture, which takes its form, or inspiration, from mathematical rules and laws. An illusion of movement is achieved through repeating motifs or lines, or by playing with the effect of light on the surface, so that 2 dimensional work appears to have depth and 3 dimensional work looks flat.

Tess Jaray's vivid paintings with hundreds of tiny symmetrical cut out motifs intrigue the eye. Katie Mills's circular installations made from thousands of lengths of piano wire attached to small grey rectangular pieces of paper create a spatial illusion. Jason Wallis-Johnson's drawings use mathematical rules to decide the frequency of and distance between hand drawn lines. Bridget Riley is well known for her op art, but she also uses colour to give a sense of movement in the work. Chris Wood directs light through thin planes of glass to create geometric multi-coloured shadows. Rebecca Coates plays with the effect of light and shade on her geometrical sculptures and Anna Sweatman meticulously plaits paper and felt, to produce rhythmic surfaces which play with light and shadow.
Tess Jaray appears courtesy of Purdy Hicks, London and Jason Wallis-Johnson appears courtesy of England and Co, London.
We are grateful to the University of Warwick for kindly loaning the works by Bridget Riley.

West Suffolk College vitual tour of exhibition