Ten New Collages by Cecil Touchon

There is as much to listen to in Cecil Touchon's collages as there is to see. Color, form and space speak simply, eloquently, and sensitively to one another in his work. The effectiveness of each piece lies in how Touchon coaxes the individual voices of rhythmic color, poetic space and expressive geometry to address the viewer in unison. Together they sing a subtle evocation. A new visual order emerges from what seem at first to be simple and elegant abstractions. While form, color and space confront each other in Touchon's collages they are never merged. They are transcended and exalted, revealing an inner purity and lyric voice that heralds the chorus of each of his compositions. Thom Rock Oct 2 2002