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Anoushka Akel, Richard Bryant, John Drawbridge, Johl Dwyer, Selina Foote, Patrick Lundberg, Judy Millar, Sam Rountree Williams & Rohan Wealleans >

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If we could describe the art of this, the first half of the twentieth century, in a sentence, it would read as the search for something to paint; just as, were we to do the same for modern art as a whole, it must read as the critical preoccupation of artists with the technical problems of the painting medium.[1]

Barnett Newman made this declaration around 1944. Considering this statement today, the painter is now faced with these dual concerns equally; what to paint and how to paint it. Obviously there exists no true answer to this. To search for one would lead to another deadly spiral into endgame tactics. So the outcome is, as supposed to a single solution, a multitude of painterly possibilities.

Continuing on from Paintings in 2008 curated by Sam Rountree-Williams, Richard Bryant and Patrick Lundberg this second group installation of paintings reflects a celebration of the medium, for the processes of making and for paintings as objects. Singing to the tune of painters like Mary Heilmann, Paintings 2011 as a collection of works reflects a joy, a love for paint and for painting and all its different forms.


Selina Foote