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CHAUFFEUR is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition in Sydney by Australian artist Nyah Isabel Cornish at 3 Liverpool Lane. Liminal Space/s sees the painter continue to consider and examine how historical painting movements and genre, in particular post impressionism and post War abstraction has evolved, revitalized and appropriated in our current digital and screen based life.
Liminal space refers to the place a person is in during a transitional period - an in between space. It can be perceived physically (like a tunnel), emotionally (like a separation) or metaphorically (like a decision). The in-between space for internet and digital aesthetics is conceived as empty or abandoned spaces.
Taking these two concepts into account and the exhibition title in mind suggests we are in a constant transitional period of production and reception. Where does majority of society source their inspiration from? Where does the visual source of digital image production and consumption originate? Our attention is continuously subverted into an endless pursuit of image engagement and production guided by the constant renewal and immediate visual stimuli effect with the expectation of instant accessibility.
Nyah Isabel Cornish fresh and vibrant new paintings reverse the process of image making by confronting time and setting her own pace within the confines of the painted space; she favours a more concise approach guided by slow decisions and contemplation. While heavily relying on intuition to form different moods of expression then social media and other digital associations.
Liminal Space/s takes its cues from the actual processes of painting - the saturation and desaturation of matter is critical to the way Cornish considers and examines the surface. Cornish begins with no preconceived idea of the finished image. While working on multiple paintings her strength lies in the ability to respond and engage with colour, formed texture and composition as it unfolds.
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TOP LEFT:
Untitled 4
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
Private collection, NZ
CHAUFFEUR is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition in Sydney by Australian artist Nyah Isabel Cornish at 3 Liverpool Lane. Liminal Space/s sees the painter continue to consider and examine how historical painting movements and genre, in particular post impressionism and post War abstraction has evolved, revitalized and appropriated in our current digital and screen based life.
Liminal space refers to the place a person is in during a transitional period - an in between space. It can be perceived physically (like a tunnel), emotionally (like a separation) or metaphorically (like a decision). The in-between space for internet and digital aesthetics is conceived as empty or abandoned spaces.
Taking these two concepts into account and the exhibition title in mind suggests we are in a constant transitional period of production and reception. Where does majority of society source their inspiration from? Where does the visual source of digital image production and consumption originate? Our attention is continuously subverted into an endless pursuit of image engagement and production guided by the constant renewal and immediate visual stimuli effect with the expectation of instant accessibility.
Nyah Isabel Cornish fresh and vibrant new paintings reverse the process of image making by confronting time and setting her own pace within the confines of the painted space; she favours a more concise approach guided by slow decisions and contemplation. While heavily relying on intuition to form different moods of expression then social media and other digital associations.
Liminal Space/s takes its cues from the actual processes of painting - the saturation and desaturation of matter is critical to the way Cornish considers and examines the surface. Cornish begins with no preconceived idea of the finished image. While working on multiple paintings her strength lies in the ability to respond and engage with colour, formed texture and composition as it unfolds.
TOP LEFT:
Untitled 4
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
Private collection, NZ
Untitled 6 (diptych)
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
Diptych, 82.4 x 129.8 cm
2024
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
Diptych, 82.4 x 129.8 cm
2024
Untitled 4
Oil and acrylic on board, wood and acrylic frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
Oil and acrylic on board, wood and acrylic frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
Untitled 7
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
92.4 x 62.4 cm
2024
Private collection, Australia
Oil and acrylic on board and wood frame
92.4 x 62.4 cm
2024
Private collection, Australia
Nyah Isabel Cornish (b. 1990 Melbourne, Australia) completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at RMIT University of Melbourne.
Cornish has exhibited Internationally with solo shows at Rolando Anselmi Berlin and Steve Turner, Los Angeles. Selected group show inclusions for Galerie Rolando Anselmi at Artissima, Turin, Italy and Fort Delta at Spring 1883, Melbourne. Artereal Gallery, Sydney and NKN Gallery, Melbourne and Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection at Palazzo Frucione, Salerno, Italy.
Visual reviews and texts published in CURA magazine (IT), MOUSSE Magazine (IT) and Artviewer.
Untitled 8
Oil and acrylic on canvas, vanish wood frame 122.4 x 92.4 cm
2024
Cornish has exhibited Internationally with solo shows at Rolando Anselmi Berlin and Steve Turner, Los Angeles. Selected group show inclusions for Galerie Rolando Anselmi at Artissima, Turin, Italy and Fort Delta at Spring 1883, Melbourne. Artereal Gallery, Sydney and NKN Gallery, Melbourne and Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection at Palazzo Frucione, Salerno, Italy.
Visual reviews and texts published in CURA magazine (IT), MOUSSE Magazine (IT) and Artviewer.
Untitled 8
Oil and acrylic on canvas, vanish wood frame 122.4 x 92.4 cm
2024
Untitled 9
Oil and acrylic on canvas, wood and acrylic frame
35.4 x 28.4 cm
2024
Oil and acrylic on canvas, wood and acrylic frame
35.4 x 28.4 cm
2024
Untitled 3
Oil and acrylic on board, wood and vanish frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
Oil and acrylic on board, wood and vanish frame
62.4 x 47.4 cm
2024
