Lapse

These drawings also have an obvious analogy to networks and maps. Rhodes is an inveterate traveller, who thinks a great deal about the links between places, and the elliptical process of re-visiting and returning. The titles chosen for this sequence of drawings [see also 'Blink', E.914-2002] relate specifically to the passage of time, to interval, repetition and reiteration - here the drawing comprises only three overlaid loops of colour, suggesting a lapse of time between events/journeys. It may be pertinent that the artist has lived for extended periods in Venice, a city which is peculiarly constructed as an intricate tracery of overlapping loops of water and of streets and bridges; he revisits it regularly and finds it a constant source of solace and of inspiration.