PJ Hickman Zilch 03.07.19 – 20.07.19 ZILCH investigates the possibilities for painting through a process of distillation. The paintings are based on an extreme reductive aesthetic (and sometimes repetition), the process limited by parameters such as the ‘already-made’ and standardisation. The elemental forms, limited intervention or gesture, and restricted monochromatic palette emphasises the rigorous economy and … Read More
ACTS OF REVERSAL: SOME ABSTRACTION FROM CHINA, NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA 14.07.19 – 20.07.19Sun Wenguan (China) Danica Chappell (Aust) Simon Morris (NZ) Qu Fengguo (China) Louise Weaver (Aust)Liu Tongbin (China) PJ Hickman (Aust) Alexandra Kennedy (NZ) Joyce Huang (China) Craig Easton (Aust/NZ) Josephine Mead (Aust) Li Nu (China) Andrew Leslie (Aust) As something of an ongoing … Read More
Tara Rowhani-Farid & Christian Lock Shit Lit Hits 03.07.19 – 20.07.19 Shit Lit Hits captures the moment where the line between the depth of art history and the ‘now’ of novelty and newness blurs. Surfing the networked-up archive of boundless visual information, Lock and Rowhani-Farid synthesise disparate pop culture and art historical references into multi-layered codes … Read More