Curly Andra, 2006 oil on linen 122 x 154 cm
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ABSTRACTION 22
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August, 2022
5@5
Five Walls, Melbourne
July 20 – August 6, 2022 |
Mure 1- 8, 2020, gouache on paper, 40 x 30 cm
Because you said so
Commitment to ideas, actions, events and even results, may well change through the passages of time. This is a given. Making artworks for decades is not reliant on having fun, making money, enjoying prestige, exercising power or increasing one’s hand holds in history. These are by-products of ‘a snout to tail’ approach to projects that are bigger than a life of practice. No doubt the absence of some of the above may be cause for pause of thought, and it may well be a very long pause. The five artists in this exhibition continue to make works of considered interest and value. They have been doing so because they said they would. No doubt each artist’s life events and circumstances have shaped and reset expectations and trajectories. Evidently the artists in this exhibition have enjoyed privileges and have been supported by the tangential circumstances of their individual commitment. I note many others with greater professional credentials than I have, have made this claim before me, and will continue to do so after me. My thanks to you, my fellow exhibitors for making work that I respect and continue to enjoy. Stephen Wickham 2022 |
Parallel Visions, In Parallel, 2022
Museo Italian, Carlton
Green and Gold, 2022, acrylic, metal foil on paper panels (detail)
Water[shed] 50 artists. 50 years, 2022
Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
Metamorphosis: Pedder, 2021, metal, acrylic on wood panel 70 x 110 cm
Something Simple, 2021
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
Aftermath (Crete) 1,2,3, 2021, acrylic on paper, 28 x 36 cm each
que femmes…only women… The home show, 2021
Yarra Bend Studio Gallery, Melbourne
Mayday Mayday, 2021
Le altre opere, 2020
PARALLEL VISIONS
CO.AS.IT., Museo Italiano - Carlton
March 2020 to March 2021
March 2020 to March 2021
Studio Installation detail: Wilma Tabacco / Gold Mine (for Gio Pomodoro) 2020
Of colour and light, 2020 - 2021
West End Art Space, Melbourne