In the day I dream of faraway places (2021), Installation View, Kingston Arts Centre, Images by Guy Grabowsky.
Kingston Arts Grant recipient, Sean McDowell, presents In the day I dream of faraway places, an exhibition of new artworks continuing the artists ongoing experimentation with materials and fabrication processes. The exhibition has been informed by a range of disciplines spanning from planetary sciences, including astronomy and geology - to psychology, art history and museology.
In the day I dream of faraway places merges painting, sculpture and installation to construct environments informed by otherworldly atmospheres and ecologies. Located between representation and abstraction - observation and the imagination, the work represents portals to imagined landscapes that are communicated through a range of energetic gestures and cryptic symbols.
Each painting contains its own fictional narrative intertwined with personal memories of place - considering natural elements such as the sky, water, wind and fire combined with scientific iconography that references the cosmos. Examining the effects of colour and form on emotionality and experience, In the day I dream of faraway places reflects psychological states that shift and fluctuate throughout the exhibition – as atoms, gasses, constellations, and extra-terrestrial forces slowly reveal themselves across the pictorial field.
This project has been supported by the Kingston City Council annual Arts Grant program.
Exhibition Dates: 1 July - 21 August, 2021
Opening Event: 1 July, 6-8pm
Gallery 1 + 2, Kingston Arts Centre, 979 - 985 Nepean Hwy, Moorabin
Outer Layer, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm. Private Collection, Melbourne.
The Eclipse, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm.
Remnant, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm. Private Collection, Melbourne.
Planet World, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm.
Galaxy, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm.
Supernova, 2021, Marble, varnish, raw pigment, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 78.5cm x 52.5cm. Private Collection, Melbourne.
Mud Above, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen, steel frame, 150cm x 110cm. Private Collection, Melbourne.
Eye of the Storm, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen, steel frame, 150cm x 110cm.
Spiral Constellation, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen, steel frame, resin, sand, 152cm x 152cm. Private Collection, Melbourne.
Void, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen, steel frame, 152cm x 152cm.
Red Giant, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen, steel frame, 152cm x 152cm.
In Space, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 152cm x 192cm.
Solar Sunrise, 2021, Marble, varnish, ink, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, 152cm x 192cm.