SIDE GALLERY BURN Group Exhibition 2022
1- 17 December 2022 Brisbane, Australia
Side Gallery’s end-of-year show is a ‘small work’ exhibition of local mixed media artists based around a theme.
BURN elicits subjective definitions and associations:
“To burn, to light the fire, to seal or cauterise (thus heal), to long for, to ignite, to burn out, or to heat. Common idioms include burning the candle at both ends, one's bridge, or the midnight oil”. Associations include climate change, our environment, warmth, colour, pain, repair, scorch, cremate, or char.
Laura Brinin, Curator 2022
Inspired by this theme, I have consolidated images taken over many years from my “Essay of the Dark” and “Night Secrets” collections, interpreting an internal fire about the theatrics of existential glow or presence. These images circumnavigate the physical or known boundaries, exuding an enticing ability to draw us in, envelope our view, and where we seek respite and meaning in the dark.