SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2020. ARTISTS
Top: Nikolaus Dolman, Flat Earth Day, 2019, enamel, chalkboard, acrylic paint and liquid paper on wood panel, 91 x 61 x 4cm.
Above: Installation view by Document Photography. |
Nikolaus DolmanNikolaus Dolman’s practice spans across painting, printmaking, collage and assemblage. In his work Dolman explores notions of the immediacy and disposability of Western consumer culture and investigates our current relationship with the conventions of advertising in public space by considering representation, excess and necessity, product and production. Dolman’s latest series of ‘cardboard’ paintings explore the formal attributes of advertising ephemera and are a response to public spaces, billboard structures and consumerist iconography. The outlines of cloud logos and bordered shapes hint at the erasure of information, both in physical and online spaces.
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Top: Ali Noble, installation view by Document Photography.
Above: Modern Love, 2019, hand sewn velveteen and felt, thread, interfacing and glue. 99.5 cm x 111.5 cm |
Ali NobleFor Ali Noble studio practice offers alchemic possibilities, whereby cutting, gluing and construction invite reinvention, renewal, and re-presentation of reality. Neon hues and symbolic sensibilities strive to convey the possibility of embodied energy. Her fabric wall hangings and sculptures are the culmination of years of looking at esoteric and folk artwork, artists such as Hilma Af Klimt, Leonore Carrington, Anish Kapoor and Franz West. Noble’s process is a combination of instinct and rational decision-making. Her work forms part of this lineage of textiles as a critical medium in contemporary art.
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