This exhibition focusing on a site-specific painting, the largest Two-Step work to date. Inspired by the sheer scale of the exhibition wall at Platform, Shapeero and Taylor, have created a giant canvas artwork measuring 5 x 16 meters, which is displayed alongside a selection of smaller archive pieces and monotypes.
The archive is a shortlist of hundreds of drawings the duo shared during lockdown in 2020 when they couldn’t meet up, some of which have been reimagined in scale into a giant architectural work using painting and mark making techniques.
The process of creating the piece has involved the canvas being laid out on the floor of Shapeero’s expansive studio in Maxim Park, Motherwell, and due to size, will not be fully realised until it is installed vertically at Platform. This will be the first time that the artists will see the work in its intended orientation, and with the complexity of the install means no changes can be made, instilling a sense of trust in each other’s contribution.
