JULIA MORISON

Julia Morison’s latest show at Two Rooms, Omnium Gatherum, features a diverse array of works that include paintings, drawings and digital prints, which are tied together through a formal connection. Across canvas, paper and pressed polyurethane supports, fine lines snake and curl, demarcating fantastical contraptions, organic shapes and geometric patterns. Inspired by the recent craze for adult colouring-in books, several pieces are akin to cloisonné where strong black outlines host jewels of colour within their borders. In contrast, a group of larger canvas works show the use of crackling paint, which adds an antiquated reverential element that is evocative of the spidery craquelure often seen in Old Master paintings. On a more practical and personal level, the choice of medium draws a formal link to Morison’s body of works made using glazed stoneware and porcelain. There is a sense of vibrancy, of delicacy, and an unbridled originality that consistently stamps itself on Morison’s work, and all the pieces that comprise Omnium Gatherum unashamedly continue in this vein.