Reading the Streets: Abstract Meditations on the Digital World

In the exhibit, Mark explores the way technology disrupts human’s abilities to interact with each other despite all the networking capabilities it brings us. By sharing his artistic process with the public, as well as offering a website where people could share their thoughts and experiences based on the topic, he attempts to break down those same barriers that inspire this show.

He also created a mural in London along the same themes of the gallery, filling a black-painted brick wall with bright colors and an abstract design.

A musician as well as a painter, Lyken has released a composition available for free download from the Gamma Proforma record label (www.gammaproforma.com/lonelinessmachines). The music parallels his paintings—those pulses and vibrations reflected in the circular strokes and mixed with straight lines that appear to be reaching out of his work.

Lyken was at the forefront of the graffiti scene in Glasgow in the 1980s. Far more than basic tags, Mark’s works draw as much from the minute (cellular division and decay) as the infinite (meteorological phenomena and metamorphosis). His exhibits and graffiti have shown throughout the UK. The exhibition will run until March 4. Recoat Gallery: 323 N. Woodside Road, Glasgow, G20 6ND.