SHAPESHIFTERS
WILL COOKE, IMI KNOEBEL, CHRISTOPHER FIRMSTONE, MARCO FRANCO, BELEM LETT, JEREMY KIRWAN-WARD, TIMO KUBE, MADELINE SIMM
AUGUST 16 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
CATALOGUE
IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
WILL COOKE, IMI KNOEBEL, CHRISTOPHER FIRMSTONE, MARCO FRANCO, BELEM LETT, JEREMY KIRWAN-WARD, TIMO KUBE, MADELINE SIMM
AUGUST 16 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
CATALOGUE
IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Imi Knoebel
Anima Mundi 14
Hand coloured acrylic on paper, collage, Museum UV glass, aluminium frame
46 x 36 cm
Edition 2 / 5
2011
Anima Mundi 14
Hand coloured acrylic on paper, collage, Museum UV glass, aluminium frame
46 x 36 cm
Edition 2 / 5
2011
There is a warmth, a presence in Knoebel´s work that draws the viewer in. Is it the grace of composition and bold pulsating colours or the iteration of touch fabricated by individual acrylic finger strokes?
Knoebel´s work on paper and hands on research recalls minimal, hard-edge, and eccentric abstraction, terms which seemingly fail to hit the mark when experiencing the work. However for Shapeshifters what is clear in the framework of reinventing abstraction is the continuously evolving and shift of shapes, material and colour in favour of Knoebel´s simple and pleasurable experience of what painting should strive to achieve.
“When I am asked what I think about when I look at a painting. I can only answer that I don’t think at all; I look at it and can only take in the beauty, and I don’t want to see it in relation to anything else. Only what I see, simply because it has its own validity”.
Shapeshifters is a selection of five Australian artists and three International visions in painting and sculpture complimenting, others responding to Knoebel´s endless pursuit of beauty and asethetic pleasure. The works come together under a title which like most timeless and considered works of art allude easy categorisation.
Knoebel´s work on paper and hands on research recalls minimal, hard-edge, and eccentric abstraction, terms which seemingly fail to hit the mark when experiencing the work. However for Shapeshifters what is clear in the framework of reinventing abstraction is the continuously evolving and shift of shapes, material and colour in favour of Knoebel´s simple and pleasurable experience of what painting should strive to achieve.
“When I am asked what I think about when I look at a painting. I can only answer that I don’t think at all; I look at it and can only take in the beauty, and I don’t want to see it in relation to anything else. Only what I see, simply because it has its own validity”.
Shapeshifters is a selection of five Australian artists and three International visions in painting and sculpture complimenting, others responding to Knoebel´s endless pursuit of beauty and asethetic pleasure. The works come together under a title which like most timeless and considered works of art allude easy categorisation.
Will Cooke
The Invitation
primer, acrylic on aluminium, lacquered clear coat, powdercoated aluminium frame
61.6 x 51.6 cm
2024
The Invitation
primer, acrylic on aluminium, lacquered clear coat, powdercoated aluminium frame
61.6 x 51.6 cm
2024
Madeline Simm
She stood up and dusted off her skirt (embroidery study)
Oil on linen
50 x 50 cm
2024
She stood up and dusted off her skirt (embroidery study)
Oil on linen
50 x 50 cm
2024
Belem Lett
Pully
Oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel
56 x 48 cm
2024
Pully
Oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel
56 x 48 cm
2024
Timo Kube
Untitled Silk (in shot-red) #4
Silk, acrylic, mirror, plywood
21 x 30 x 2.7 cm
2024
Untitled Silk (in teal) #1
Metal and silk fabric, acrylic, mirror, plywood
21 x 30 x 2.7 cm
2024
Untitled Silk (in shot-red) #4
Silk, acrylic, mirror, plywood
21 x 30 x 2.7 cm
2024
Untitled Silk (in teal) #1
Metal and silk fabric, acrylic, mirror, plywood
21 x 30 x 2.7 cm
2024
Marco Franco
Untitled I
Silicone and metal
26 x 16 x 30 cm
2023
Untitled I
Silicone and metal
26 x 16 x 30 cm
2023
Jeremy Kirwan-Ward
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
2023
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
2023
