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Esther Stewart

ESTHER STEWART

Painted Ladies Two Rooms 10 February–18 March 2023 Auckland
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Esther Stewart presents Painted Ladies, depicting two architecturally scaled awnings, the sizes of which are based on the window dimensions of the artist’s domestic apartment from the largest in the living room, scaling down in relation to the bathroom. These awning paintings are retractable, allowing movement and variation across the installation and referencing readymade architectural adornment.

As a young Australian artist, Stewart’s work sits productively and often ambiguously between painting, sculpture, architecture and public art, exploring the myriad possibilities offered by the visual languages of geometric abstraction, design and decoration. Stewart is completing her architectural studies and collaborates with other architects and craftspeople to extend the spatial and material possibilities within her practice. Stewart previously showed her ‘bedspreads’ in the exhibition Double 54″ x 74″ at Two Rooms in 2015 in conjunction with John Nixon’s exhibition.

Painted Ladies was originally commissioned for the exhibition Like a Wheel That Turns at ACCA, Melbourne in 2022. Courtesy of the artist, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney and STATION, Melbourne.

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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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