2023 Proscenium

Proscenium

Gallerysmith
April - May 2023

Proscenium

Proscenium: Latinised from Greek and meaning ‘a stage’. More specifically the front part of the stage: the curtains and its framework. It is the metaphorical vertical frontal plane of space in a theatre that can also be considered a social construct separating the actors and their stage-world from the audience, but because both are in the same auditorium reciprocal responses are encouraged.

This Proscenium suite of paintings has been carefully staged within a designated gallery space. The gallery becomes a staged setting for artworks that masks me in my absence. The sequential placement of individual works on the walls and the intervals between them provide an overarching narrative constructed through rhythm while each work retains its unique character.

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© Wilma Tabacco
February 2023

Proscenium, 2023,
oil on linen, 183 x 152.5 cm