Fusion: The Openness of Abstraction in Thought and Practice

We generally think of fusion as a force which brings things together through intense heat yet, a more nuanced interpretation is the idea that through fusion, all substances are rendered down to the same fundamental form and then differentiate into more complicated varieties of “stuff”. This is what is at play in Wade Bonds' eclectic presentation of four very different artists united by an authentic and sincere usage of their base material, be it paint or found object. They accomplish the act of ...