Marie Hagerty (alumna and past lecturer, ANU School of Art & Design) and Peter Vandermark (alumna, ANU School of Art & Design) present their first international dual solo exhibiton at Olsen Gruin, New York, USA in 2019. 

Canberra audiences were lucky enough to get a sneek peek of several of Vandermark's pieces in Here Now at the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery in Feburary 2019.

NY Art Beat writes, Hagerty's collection, titled The Edge, comprises large acrylic and oil paintings. Her works bend the surface of the canvas by creating space where there is none and thereby superseding the canvas itself. At first glance, the viewer is transfixed by oblong configurations of reds, blues, browns, and greys that are implicated in a two-dimensional landscape of organic configured movement. Further concentration reveals plane upon plane of depth within the painting. Through a mastering of contour and shadow, Hagerty creates a multi-planar world the viewer can nearly jump into. 

Peter Vandermark presents a series of 10 geometric, sculptural imaginings of humanity’s interaction with space and the built environment. This group of abstract three-dimensional works is composed of timber along with painted and mirrored acrylic. Stemming from a commentary on the modernist desire to integrate both life and art, these geometric and reflective pieces render a unique spatial experience for the viewer. For Vandermark, the relationship between the work and viewer is a private and intimate experience. Simultaneously, Vandermark’s sculptures are models of architectural landscapes; creating an abstracted and interior landscape of wanderlust. In a designed and curated modern world, Vandermark’s work analyses the evolution of humanity’s interaction with scale, dimensions and textures of inhabitation.

Marie Hagerty / Peter Vandermark is showing at Olsen Gruin, New York, 17 April - 12 May 2019.

See more of the exhibition here.