Gallery 2: Robbie Howard
Forced Abstractions
21 jan. — 5 mar. 2022
21 jan. — 5 mar. 2022
Gallery 2: Robbie Howard
Robbie Howard, Waratahs 1 and Waratahs 2, 2021, colour screen print, 111 x 178 cm. Image courtesy of Robbie Howard.
Forced Abstractions
Robbie Howard, Waratahs 1 and Waratahs 2, 2021, colour screen print, 111 x 178 cm. Image courtesy of Robbie Howard.
Gallery 2: Robbie Howard
Forced Abstractions
21 jan. — 5 mar. 2022
Canberra-based artist Robbie Howard presents a new series of work Forced Abstractions in Gallery 2.
Forced Abstractions sees Howard return to screen printing after a 30 year hiatus from the medium. During this period, the artist predominantly produced detailed oil paintings. In these fresh and vibrant screen prints, Howard simplifies shape and form as she is ‘searching for an essence’. The screen printing process encourages abstraction by necessitating a reduction of detail, with the resulting works appearing as bold, graphic and vital.
A work of improvisation and rediscovery, Forced Abstractions feels like a new beginning.
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Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021, Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021, Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021 and Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Robbie Howard, Waratahs 1 and Waratahs 2, 2021, colour screen print, 111 x 178 cm. Image courtesy of Robbie Howard.
Gallery 2: Robbie Howard
Forced Abstractions
21 jan. — 5 mar. 2022
Canberra-based artist Robbie Howard presents a new series of work Forced Abstractions in Gallery 2.
Forced Abstractions sees Howard return to screen printing after a 30 year hiatus from the medium. During this period, the artist predominantly produced detailed oil paintings. In these fresh and vibrant screen prints, Howard simplifies shape and form as she is ‘searching for an essence’. The screen printing process encourages abstraction by necessitating a reduction of detail, with the resulting works appearing as bold, graphic and vital.
A work of improvisation and rediscovery, Forced Abstractions feels like a new beginning.
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Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021, Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021, Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, Waratahs 1, 2021 and Waratahs 2, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.
Installation view Gallery 2 Forced Abstraction Robbie Howard, The Mannifera Forest, 2021 and Bushfire in Mannifera Forest, 2021. Photograph: Karlee Howard.