Repleat 1 Painting

From my "Crux" exhibition. Simple images and objects utilizing pattern and repetition and permutation to generate a series of diverse outcomes from a single point of departure. At the crux of the matter is a cross. Crosses marked some important moments in modern art in the journey away from symbolism and narrative and towards abstraction, formalism and conceptualism. For me the works are playful experiments in materiality. I have taken a sculptural approach to working with materials and formats traditionally associated with painting. I have used mass-produced and mundane materials to laboriously create things by hand. I have assembled materials in counter-intuitive ways that transform and also reveal the character and properties of those same materials. What I had not entirely anticipated was the pervasive symbolism that inhabits the works, which has revealed itself partly through talking with others about them. Though there are no crucifixes in this body of work, it has proven difficult to create a cross without reference to the cross. This realisation informed the development of some other works also exhibited in this show. Other works in this series touch upon the symbolism of crosses in other contexts. These are crosses that both represent and erase the particularities of people and places. They are crosses that have their origins as symbols of sanctuary and salvation but have since presided over conquest and oppression. This painting was part of a solo exhibition of works on display in Fremantle, Australia during COVID.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:33.5 W x 33.5 H x 1.9 D in

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