David Attwood
Glue Paintings
 03 February - 04 March 2024

The exhibition Glue Paintings at Bill’s PC presents two new works; a series of ‘glue paintings’, and a found object in the form of a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle.

The paintings are made by glossing the packaging of various Apple products with PVC cement – a quick-setting plumbing adhesive used to seal high pressure pipes. This treatment leaves the Apple insignia mostly visible, though crudely tinted in a noxious green, recasting the packages as highly-reflective monochromes. 

The Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle occupies most of the gallery space, forming an obstruction that makes it difficult to enter, or to get a close look at the paintings. Fortunately they’ve been documented and are already available to view online.

Upon request an additional painting is viewable in a non-gallery part of the building; a dimly lit cavity that provides service access to the cisterns of an adjacent toilet block.


Glue Painting (Keyboard #2)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
36 x 13 x 3 cm
Glue Painting (Watch #1)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
33 x 7 x 6 cm
Glue Painting (MacBook)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
33 x 24 x 7 cm
Glue Painting (AirPods #1)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
10 x 10 x 4 cm
Glue Painting (Keyboard #1)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
46 x 14 x 5 cm
Glue Painting (AirPods #2)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
10 x 10 x 4 cm
Robert Barry
2024
Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle
210 x 150 x 70 cm
Glue Painting (Power Adapter)
2024
Apple-ware packaging, PVC cement.
18 x 15 x 5 cm


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