Ian Grose: Goodbye Ebony Horse

The works in “Goodbye Ebony Horse” employ a quasi-theatrical idiom in order to
synthesise elements of inspiration from a variety of sources. The title is taken from a story in “The Thousand and One Nights”, in which a magical carved horse grants its owner the power of flight – and is ultimately destroyed. In Grose’s practice, this act becomes a reflection on our ambivalent relationship with wonder, power, and change, rendered through light, intimacy, and the quiet strangeness of the painted image.