Unbalanced Vision

Just read this review on Ian Davenport's exhibtion at Waddington in Time Out. Funny how Sarah Kent describes these industrial glamour as "intensely boring" and "isn't enough to arouse much interest". Yet near the end, she says, "Instead of overloading you with sensation, these subtleties allow you an entrance--something to engage with. What a relief to discover, in the next room, two glossy black paintings traversed by thin verticals of colour. They make you realise how bullying yet vacuous circles seem". HY also liked the larger plain black one which you could see your reflection on it, yet I always prefer looking at a simple straightfoward yellow on a balmy summer's evening.