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Antonia SellbachOpen Fields

When
17 September 2016 – 26 February 2017
Location
Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery
Admission

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Free entry

Curator/s
Linda Short

Antonia Sellbach’s practice is focused on language—its ambiguities as well as its logic. Painting’s linguistic potential is tested in her ongoing series of large abstract canvases and painted timber arrangements. She conceives of these works as modular components, made to be configured and reconfigured in response to the installation setting, much like the pieces of a puzzle or game.

When brought together in sets and wall-sized tessellations, Sellbach’s simple geometric compositions begin to read as an infinitely variable vocabulary. Comparisons within a group of paintings or between the artist’s two- and three-dimensional forms build connections and dialogue, activating the processes which make meaning.

Antonia Sellbach
Modular Wall Piece for Heide
2016
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on linen 4 parts, each
150 x 150 cm
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

Antonia Sellbach
Modular Wall Piece for Heide
2016
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on linen 4 parts, each
150 x 150 cm
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

Antonia Sellbach
Antonia Sellbach: Open Fields Installation View
2016
Photograph: Christian Capurro

Antonia Sellbach
Antonia Sellbach: Open Fields Installation View
2016
Photograph: Christian Capurro

Antonia Sellbach
Stick Works #5
2015–16 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on pine 18 parts, installation dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

Antonia Sellbach
Stick Works #5
2015–16 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on pine 18 parts, installation dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

Antonia Sellbach
Stick Works #5
2015–16
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on pine, 18 parts, installation dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

Antonia Sellbach
Stick Works #5
2015–16
synthetic polymer paint and gesso on pine, 18 parts, installation dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist
© Antonia Sellbach

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