John McAllister – sometimes symphony clatter calm

“Sometimes symphony clatter calm”, the title of John McAllister’s third solo exhibition at Wentrup, is a portal channeling this energetic feeling.

As viewers we find ourselves in front of landscapes in near-psychedelic tonalities. Our eyes wander over violet mountains sloping gently downward, meeting orange-chartreuse fields that burst with impressionistic punctuations in crimson, aqua, and goldenrod against nearly fluorescent pink skies and hills rendered in vivid magenta, which reflect blue in glowing orange ponds.