New Talent
6 – 28 April 2010
Opening Tuesday 6-8pm 6 April
4 Recent Graduates from the National Art School Sydney
Criena Court – Cameron Haas – Andrew Hopkins – Gabriella Kay
Criena Court
Interior (Darwin Fox)
mixed media on plywood
30×30cm or 60×60cm
Drawing on the concept of Animal Spirit Guides and Jungian theories of the soul I am animalising human figures (zoomorphism). With this in mind, I am exploring ideas surrounding the formulation of identity and persona, playing with our perception of self and place within a wider context – Criena Court
Finalist 2010 Sulman Prize
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Cameron Haas
Red, Yellow
oil on canvas
160×140cm
SOLDThe focus of my painting practice is that of non-objective, non-narrative abstraction. Within my work I explore the formal aspects of art making such as composition, form, negative and positive space, line, colour and tone within a non-objective, non-narrative context. I do not explore grand narratives, spiritual undertones or figurative concepts within my work. I’m interested in paintings relationship to itself and how the painting process can propel itself under its own momentum in a studio environment. My paintings relate to the nature of paint and painting itself, connecting with historical and contemporary art making practices – Cameron Haas
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Andrew Hopkins
David vs Timmy
oil on canvas
142×152cm
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Andrew’s work is a construction of bush, trees, rocks and water in a painterly generic view, which consists of layers and shapes derived from the valleys of Galston. The images reflect time and place specifically and like a dance express the mood, energy and intricacies of everyday life. The regenerative power of nature can be a powerful process and can be lived through almost as a way of life or at least in part by rehabilitation. The work illuminates this companionship and its metaphors instruct the flowering of the work -
Gabriella Kay
Crest
acrylic & ink on canvas
183×183cmMy coastal paintings are inspired by the images I see and experience while surfing, swimming and walking along the beaches where I live, by the play of sunlight on water, the ever changing moods of sea and sky, the layering of shape, form and colour. I paint the distinctive elements of the landscape such as the arabesque sweep of a wide sandy bay, the rivulets of sand left by a retreating tide, the architecture of headland, dunes and estuaries. I’m fascinated by the spectrum of colours that appear depending upon the time of day, weather and season, such as the still, cool blues of a windless day, ochre sands, inky storm clouds, weeping grey skies after a squall, and the dazzling white rays of sunrise. I avoid literal representation, but rather create an ambiguity in the works that allows the viewer to interpret the image based on their own experiences and memories – Gabriella Kay
