Solo Exhibition
Where the Sand Meets the Sea and the Sun
BMG Art Gallery (Adelaide, Australia)
Friday 24 September - Saturday 16 October 2021
Opening: Friday 24 September 2021 , 6.30pm - 8.30pm (
bookings essential)
‘Where the Sand meets the Sea and the Sun’ represents infinity and resurrection. These three landscape horizontal markers ( sand, sea ,sun) merge and connect to the earth. There is an expansive sensation when facing these elements, but also a sense of insignificance and vulnerability. To me, this force of nature merges with my own presence and there is a sense of being reshaped as a ‘man of clay’.
This exhibition traces memories associated with my late
father Huw Halse and explores his love of the ocean. The work has open
and vulnerable passages but there is also a need to structure light and
stabilise the movement of water, shifting sands, and fluid painterly
passages. There are some traces of my father’s architectural plans that
are embedded into the collages and the forms trigger memories and provide ideas
for structural frameworks. Form in the work is generated through haptic
processes and as a gestural painter, this expressive offering that is embedded
in the material embodies a personal truth.
Thank you to Eastern Beach House Artist Residency ( Geelong, Australia)
for supporting the development of some of the work within this
exhibition
Exhibition Dates: 24 September 2021 - 16
October 2021
Address: BMG Art Gallery, 444 South Rd, Marleston SA, 5033,
Australia
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 12noon - 5pm; Saturday 2pm - 5pm (or by
appointment)
Web: https://www.bmgart.com.au
Email: art@bmgart.com.au; Phone: +61 8 82972440; Mobile: 0421 311 680
The work in this exhibition has been divided into concepts :
1/Sand and Sea 2/ Sun 3/ Man 4/Architectural Traces
Some work relates to the architectural drawings of my father and ideas relating to Man of Clay (reinvention of the human form and anthropomorphic being).
Some of the works have Welsh titles reflecting my father’s Welsh heritage
Sea and Sand
Video of Exhibition:
More information and relevant links:
http://fionahalse.blogspot.com/2021/01/wathurong-and-eastern-beach-house.html
http://fionahalse.blogspot.com/2019/03/where-sea-meets-sand-heddwch-peace.html
