Gesture 2023

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Art from Chelsea Lehmann, Tanya Linney, Chris Casali, & Ben King.

Gestures, often referring to nonverbal communication, are a felt experience. They can be intentional or unintentional, widely recognised or small and intimate. The exhibition Gesture, curated by Michelle Chanique brings together four artists to develop this conversation, thinking about non-verbal languages in surface, medium, and physical movement.

Responding directly to the practices of the four artists, Chanique's curation initiates a conversation around medium, surface and physical movement. In many ways, the three painters reveal the sensibility and tactility of a sculptor. On the other hand, the sculptor's work is evocative of painterly gesture. This tension plays with our lens of perception, reminding us that it is important to view things in a different manner and live outside category. - Claire de Carteret

• Opening Celebration Saturday 8 July 3-5pm

• Artist Talk Saturday 22 July 3:30pm

Images:

1. Chelsea Lehmann, Pleasure Treatise, 2022, Oil on linen, 99 x 98 cm, Photo Docqment

2. Tanya Linney, Barefoot Dancing From A to Z, 2023, Acrylic on polyester in custom frame, 90 x 120 cm, Photo COTA

3. Chris Casali, Untitled; Study of Contrasts #3, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 610 x 508 mm, Photo COTA

4. Ben King, Checkered Flag, Soft Dream, 2023, Tasmanian Oak, Ply Wood, Acrylic, Ceramic, 65 x 110 x 70 cm, Photo Robin Hearfield