TEMPEST at The Brisbane Gallery
Last night marked the opening of TEMPEST, a new group exhibition at The Brisbane Gallery in Taringa, Brisbane, exploring turbulence, transformation and the beauty found in forces beyond our control.
My work in the exhibition, Midnight Confetti, draws on my experience of Visual Snow Syndrome and the constantly moving field of pattern that forms part of the way I see the world.
It was a wonderful opening and a pleasure to see the exhibition come together, with work by a diverse group of artists responding to the TEMPEST theme in very different ways.
One of the highlights of the afternoon was a live performance by 15-year-old violinist Oscar Borrego-Losada. His performance was exceptional and brought another dimension to the opening, filling the gallery with music while visitors explored the exhibition.
Midnight Confetti
My work in the exhibition is Midnight Confetti, an original abstract painting exploring my experience of Visual Snow Syndrome.
Visual Snow means my vision is constantly overlaid with fine, moving visual static - thousands of tiny flickering dots and patterns across everything I see. In Midnight Confetti, individually painted circular marks gather, scatter and shift across a dark ground, creating a surface that reflects something of this continual visual movement.
Pale blues, whites and soft pinks emerge against the darkness, with areas of dense pattern giving way to quieter spaces. Rather than trying to reproduce exactly what I see, the painting explores the sensation of a visual field that is never completely still.
This made Midnight Confetti particularly suited to TEMPEST. The exhibition explores turbulence, transformation and forces beyond our control, while the painting draws on a visual phenomenon that is itself constantly moving and changing.
About the TEMPEST Exhibition
TEMPEST brings together artworks exploring turbulence and transformation in many forms, from forces within the natural world to more personal interpretations of change and disruption.
Group exhibitions are always interesting because the same theme can produce such different responses. Seen together in the gallery, the works create connections that aren't necessarily apparent when viewing each artwork individually.
It was lovely to see so many people at the opening and to have the opportunity to experience the complete exhibition for the first time.
Visitors can also vote in the TEMPEST People's Choice Award during the exhibition.
Visit TEMPEST in Brisbane
TEMPEST is showing at:
The Brisbane Gallery
175 Swann Road
Taringa, Queensland
If you're in Brisbane, the exhibition is a chance to see Midnight Confetti in person alongside the other works selected for TEMPEST.