Words given scale, texture and physical presence

Eley builds, paints and wears back layers of acrylic, creating surfaces reminiscent of peeling posters, marked walls and weathered urban structures. Against them, words and short phrases remain partially eroded but deliberately legible.

The contrast is central to the work. Physical surfaces deteriorate, while the words we carry with us can remain remarkably clear. A conversation, declaration or passing remark may survive in memory long after the place in which it was heard has changed or disappeared.

Painted by hand rather than digitally reproduced, the letters retain the marks and variations of their making. The result gives language a physical presence and asks what survives after a moment has passed.

Read first. Feel next. Remember later.