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Etymological meaning of the word «Dapple» is «differing in color». Thus we should focus on the dialectic of the infinite visual work. What makes dapple a dapple is not a dapple itself, but it’s distinction from what surrounds it. From this point of view, art gesture (only exists as a result of other art gestures’ existence or vice versa due to its’ absence) exists only because of the existence of another art gestures or their absence.

Dazzle, represented in one of the works, is etymologically dual: it origins from the word «to change», and it is the changing of perception that makes a dazzle. Works by Collin Penno and Raul Diaz Reyes, presented at the exhibition, continue this constant dialectic, incorporating it with the dialectic of space exploration, which in its turn creates third round (circle) of dialog between two dualities: form and space.

This never-ending search of relations between color, form, space and subject, which occur on the verge of or inside the work, seem to fully support the fundamental idea of «difference» formulated by French philosopher Jacques Derrida: everything that exists is always decentralised in comparison with itself and, therefore, mostly cannot be expresses with signs. Sign system, visual, in this case, is understood by Derrida like «bundle», tangle of feelings or power lines, constantly searching for balance between the line and its own dimension. Distinction of elements turns out to be the powerhouse discourse, that finds its personal, closest to reality, meaning in its states’ dissimilarity, (being constantly uncovered and drawn nearer) numerously times uncovered and numerously times zoomed on.