The exhibition Paint 2022 – relationships and limitations will showcase the richness of colour and tonal nuances as a creative medium in painting. By using a limited colour palette as the foundation of the show and I have invited artist, all painters, whom I first met in art school, both under grad and post grad, that I have remained in relationship to participate in this proposition. Some of these relationships have been maintained over twenty years.
The curatorial premise is an extension from my own studio practice, a project nicknamed ‘ChromaChorona’ which was birthed out of the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. An exhaustive ongoing colour chart study of the tonal variations within the limitations of two pigments, painted in oils on the pages of a large antique book. As you turn the page the introduced new pigment carries over to the subsequent page, starting a new relationship with another pigment. For example, page 12 is Video Blue (S2) mixed with Cadmium Orange (S6), page 13 is Cadmium Orange (S6) mixed with Perylene Crimson (S6), then the next page carries the Perylene Crimson over and so it continues on. Consequently, each colour is examined in relationship with two other colours, plus the tonal variations of adding white.
My proposal is to invite each artist to create a new work limited to three colours; chosen from two consecutive pages of the book. The only defined limitations are the painting palette, three pigments plus white. All other considerations are totally open to the artist in response to the premise of relationships and limitations.
The exhibition will be held in May 2022[1] at Poimena Gallery[2], and part of an annual exhibition program that celebrates and showcases painting, this will be its third reiteration ‘Paint-2022’.
[1] Exact dates to be confirmed
[2] The Poimena Gallery is situated beside the chapel at the main entrance to the Launceston Church Grammar School in a century-old building that also houses the school’s art department.
The gallery seeks to generate an awareness of contemporary arts practice by maintaining an inclusive program that encourages innovation and community participation. It promotes artists and their practice by providing opportunities for exhibitions that challenge and extend the range of arts experiences.