Kathryn Cowen, Darlings Exhibition 2021 at Curatorial + Co, Sydney
Darlings 2021
Curatorial + Co
opening Dec 8 2021
Curatorial+Co. presents Darlings 2021, a group small works show consisting of over forty artists from across the world.
Kathryn Cowen, Fragment IV, 2021, acrylic and aerosol on masonite, 37 x 31cm, Darlings Exhibition, Curatorial+Co, Redfern, installation view
Kathryn Cowen, Fragment IV, 2021, acrylic and aerosol on masonite, 37 x 31cm
"Fragment IV, 2021, is part of a series of paintings on masonite inspired by my inner city verge garden. In an attempt to simplify the concerns of my practice during the strangeness of the past year, for this series I have focussed on colour, form and composition. While observing natural forms, shapes were initially cut out of paint sample cards, attempting to reference nature, yet not describe it. These ‘cut outs’ became the basis for the shaped masonite boards and subsequent paintings. A 'hyper- real' colour palette has always been a central feature of my work, used in order to prompt a shift in perception and render the familiar strange and peculiar; and so it is with this series of works; colours amplified and disrupted, applied to both the front and rear surfaces, hovering away from the wall; glowing."