Boom time for artists
ARTS Trio bring visions to entertain viewers
NEW exhibitions showcasing the talents of three artists mean art lovers can enjoy diverse offerings at Boom Gallery.
The exhibitions cover different mediums and explore topics ranging from the environment to dealing with a breakup.
Jan Juc artist Ingrid Daniell says her exhibition, Remembering Paradise, is an “ode to our precious earth”.
Daniell’s work is inspired by the places she connects with, including Point Addis and the low-tide walk between Jan Juc and Bells Beach.
“With my own ‘backyard’ of the Surf Coast; at low tide with crumbling cliffs, chunks of rock as the perfect symbol of our earth as a dystopian relic; highlighting the threat of climate change on our fragile and precious environment,” she said.
“I am drawn to landscapes that offer a sense of solitude, majesty, mystery, places that feel removed from the chaos of our current day.”
Daniell, who has a Bachelor of Art in Textiles and Fashion (Hons, RMIT), highlights the layers and form of landscapes shaped by weather and time through her use of colour.
Geelong artist Eden Fairbrother explores the experience of reflection after the end of a relationship, using the motif of decorative mirrors paired with a dose of kitsch.
Fairbrother, an emerging painter and sculptor, has decorated the mirrors with faux vintage mirror panels.
The exhibition, titled Cupid Mirrors, is her first at Boom. Aptly, Cupids are dotted through the work, prominently displayed in various stages of melancholic gesturing, occupying cloudscapes.
Melbourne artist Ariana Lucas’s talents are on show with Contingent Gestures.
“(It) is a series of works on paper that explores the relationship between chance, spontaneity and control in my own drawing practice. Each drawing traces the physical process of formulating and composing an abstract drawing through both random mark-making and controlled actions,” Lucas said.
A young artist who showed at Boom in her Honours year and since graduating from RMIT, she has worked with watercolour, ink, gouache, pencil and pastel on paper.
“Through these works I aim to capture my own fluctuating levels of awareness as I create gestures somewhere inbetween a conscious and unconscious state,” she said.
“Each action, from smudging pastel, carefully painting watercolour details or physically cutting shapes from the surface of a work, explores a different level of intentionality within my drawing practice.” The exhibitions are open now and will show at Boom Gallery, Newtown, until May 13. An opening celebration, sponsored by Austins & Co and featuring 6ft6 wines, will be held between 2 and 4pm today.