SAM LOCK | THE LONDON MAGAZINE

"Lock envisages each work as a battleground, his materials at war with one another. Techniques involving blowtorches, electric sanders, club hammers – and even spraying nitrate – achieve extraordinary effects. Through a repeated process of building and destruction, collisions between materials are to some extent orchestrated, but there is also a pervading element of chance and unpredictability, with paint colours changing hue under unplanned, chemical reactions."