Shadow Palette . ARTISTS
Alex Karaconji, Night Works, 2020.
Digital Animation. Edition 1/5 + 2 AP Image courtesy of Zachary Harold |
Alex KaraconjiAlex Karaconji is a Sydney-based artist working in a variety of mediums to depict what the nineteenth century poet, Charles Baudelaire, describes as "the epic side of actual life". Over the last five years, Alex has been working on an animation trilogy that captures a single day in the artist’s life. The first animation in this trilogy is The Flaneur (2016) and it depicts a first-person stroll from Taylor Square to Circular Quay. The second animation is Morning (2018). Unlike The Flaneur, Morning depicts the first hour of the artist’s day within the geographical boundaries of the artist’s family home. Night Works, which features in the exhibition, completes this trilogy with a visual documentation of the late night tramline construction on Anzac Parade.
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Lisa Pang (Lisa Sharp). ‘Swell (paintless painting), 2020,
beeswax and gesso on linen-stitched linen with laundry pole 267 x 5 cm (diameter) Image courtesy of Document Photography |
Lisa Pang (Lisa Sharp)Lisa Pang is a Malaysian-born Australian artist currently based in Tokyo. Through the language of geometric abstraction, everyday materials and processes are inserted as surrogates within painting, creating an imperfect geometry of components. With an interest in materiality as a way of referencing daily rituals, crafts, female labour and identity, the resulting works, including for this exhibition, are part of a body of work termed the paintless paintings; paintings that query the space they are in.
Consistent with the significance of ‘painting’ as action, object and discourse, her practice explores the ways in which the form of a work can express that conflation |
Shannon Smith. ‘Interstate’, 2020, limestone
30 x 26 x 6 cm (approx.) Image courtesy of Document Photography |
Shannon SmithShannon Smith's current practice is driven by the question of how to express physical sensation through sculptural form. Working within the tradition of direct carving, she explores how the intersection of subject matter and materiality can shape the viewer’s experience. Through the manipulation of natural materials to describe the overlap of the geometric and biomorphic, her carvings allude to the boundaries of the body yet endeavour to express an inner vitality.
Researching the sensory system in her postgraduate studies has advanced her interest in materiality, and has led her to investigate the significance of surface and texture in her work, reflecting on the trace of touch as a signifier of time, proximity and intimacy. |
Laura Sutton. Detail of ‘Occupied’, 2020, acrylic (perspex)
and nylon line composition variable, approximately 250 x 100 x 50 cm Image courtesy of Document Photography |
Laura SuttonLaura Sutton is an emerging artist, working and living in Sydney. Laura’s practice explores the visual language of geometric intersecting planes and linear edges to harnessesspace; encapsulating and activating the space within and around her sculptures. The dynamic interplay of space, tension and movement is enhanced through the use of texture to create a dramatic and engaging experience for the viewer. Laura’s contemporary practice engages with formal concerns embedded in the historical trajectory of modernist abstraction.
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Simon Wheeldon. ‘Ancient Methods’, 2020, oil on wood panel,
80 x 100 cm. Image courtesy of Document Photography |
Simon WheeldonSimon Wheeldon is a Sydney based artist practicing drawing and painting. Simon’s studio practice draws from found images and examines the perceived functions of these images within their intrinsic system of signs and symbols. Simon's work uses traditional materials to focus on unconventional subjects, playing on the dual nature of drawing in its ability to feel both familiar and foreign. Concerned with both what is seen and that which is obscured, his work creates a tension through attention.
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