TAPE showcases contemporary international and Australian artists who have adopted the myriad of tapes now available in their painting process. Some artists utilize the possibilities of ‘accident and control’ and the fusion of ‘concept and execution’ through the use of tape, while others consciously adopt a more impersonal ‘hard edge’ approach to paint application, using tape to achieve clean and sharp edges in their work. Tape itself also is used in some of the work: as an integral formal element, to achieve a hard edge aesthetic, or as a rejection of sleek minimalist forms.
Fan Zhongming (China), Joyce Huang (China), Peter Adsett (Aotearoa New Zealand), Craig Easton (Aotearoa New Zealand), Samara Adamson-Pinczewski (Courtesy of Charles Nodrum), Ray Carter, Kubota Fumikazu, Melinda Harper (Courtesy of Block Projects), PJ Hickman, Shelley Jardine, Emma Langridge and Aaron Martin. Curated by PJ Hickman.
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski courtesy of Charles Nodrum (Melbourne); Peter Adsett courtesy of Paul Nache (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Yuill | Crowley (Sydney); Melinda Harper courtesy of Block Projects (Melbourne).
Exhibition details:
Opening Friday, July 20th 6-9pm
Exhibition runs July 18th – Aug 4th
Arcade (middle and back space)
suite 2, level 1 / 119 Hopkins St Footscray
open wed-sat 12-5pm