GROUP EXHIBITION

Mining memories and history, this group of artists welcomes the viewer into their psyche and aims to bridge psychological landscapes with the physical form. Ranging from the purely abstract to figurative and objective painting, each of these artists is guided by their penchant for abstraction and their openness to chance and possibility in outcome.

In conceptualising this exhibition, Heisch considered how she approaches her own work; leading with feeling and initial concept, while aiming to capture the moment at which physical form takes hold. Leaving thoughts and questions unanswered, participating artists embrace process-driven, open-ended imagery.

In doing so, they tap into their own distinct visual languages, which Heisch describes as an ‘alphabet of form that you build up over the years, pulling from the library of your world.’ Heisch further notes that the process of mining one’s memory, whether conscious or subconscious, lends itself to a sense of formation and assembly.

Surrealism plays largely in the depiction of the psychological landscape while overwhelmingly dark, moody tones reflect the solitude and quietness of the artist’s psyche. Artists like Alessandro Keegan, Alicia Adamerovich, Carl d’Alvia and John Newman root their work in physical, concrete forms while artists like Heisch, Francesca Mollett and Stella Zhong tend towards gestural abstraction, leaning, to varying degrees, into Abstract Expressionism.

Simultaneously drawn to a sense of wonderment and familiarity, each of these artists leave viewers with more questions than answers. Ultimately, these works act as mirrors, as we latch onto visual allusions that we recognise and that reflect our own thoughts back onto us.