Gallows Gallery is privileged to announce ‘TURN' the upcoming exhibition of exciting new sculptural forms in aluminum and terrazzo by influential Perth sculptor Mark Grey-Smith.

 ‘TURN' is an exploration of the sculptural possibilities of signs. The common 2D arrow shapes found on roads worldwide take on architectonic and even anthropomorphic personas in this original and highly skilled work. Grey-Smith has played with the motif of the arrow, giving various shapes and circumstances through the process of box construction, some are accentuated with his signature black terrazzo the other pieces are all-over polished alloy.

Arrows are emotionally laden, potent images that are embedded in the collective psyche, they point to the future and their aesthetic value is everlasting. Dating back to Paleolithic tools, the arrowhead and the flint had distinctive uses, the arrow became a symbol for intention and direction and is denotative of the industrial world.