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“Together they turn the gallery into a ‘Loading Bay’ of science fiction’s past; the jumping off point for a generation of science fiction obsessed kids.”
My art practice is a symbolic and figurative exploration of the female subject. Allusions to literature, art history and mythology punctuate my paintings and sculpture. My work tips into memoir and flirts with fiction.
“I have an ongoing fascination with the outsider position, where many of us unintentionally find ourselves. For an immigrant culture such as Australia’s, there is an implicit sense of liminality that derives from not only the unknown future but also the uncertain past.”
“One is reminded of reliquaries; not that her objects are containers for holy relics, but that they suggest some deeper purpose, some other function that belies their simple beauty.”
From Cath Grant.
Within the realm of a dying sun…
“Sam Holt’s painting has developed an intensity and muscularity beyond the pared back gestural minimalist approach of former works. The palette has shifted from the pink, blue, green spectrum to a reduced, more neutral, not-quite monochrome range of blacks, white, grey, sand and silver.”
In both intent and purpose, presence is deeply rooted in this very arrival.
“Small works happen simultaneously with larger works on linen – they feed each other.”
What did these images show?