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Shelved
2005

Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra, Vic.



An exhibition of self-authored painted books, part autobiographic, part autofictive. Inspired equally by paperback designs of the 1960s/70s/80s and hard-edged formalist paintings of the mid twentieth century. 



Artist Statement (PDF)




Exhibited works

1. Antarctic Fantasy, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

2. Untitled Floating Song, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

3. Untitled Death Wish, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

4. Untitled (Gap in Nature), 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

5. The Hollow Frame, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

6. Welcome, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

7. The New Formalism, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

8. The Light Complex, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

9. Tremble at the Gates, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

10. The Circle Cutters, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

11. White Scream, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 17 cm

12. The Road to Victory, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

13. Final Reckoning, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

14. Abstract Failure, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm

15. Burden of Failure, 2005, oil on linen, paper, 11 x 18 cm














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