Surfacing, Shifting and Dissolving, Brunswick St Gallery

December 7th - December 22nd, 2019

Surfacing, Shifting and Dissolving explores how abstract drawing and painting processes can capture the physical movements, actions and gestures of the artist. Through non-representational works on paper and board, Ariana Luca explores how every moment of her artistic practice can be traced and reflected within the surface of the works themselves. The process of creating each work varies from highly considered compositional decisions to spontaneous and absent-minded mark making. As the works unfold over time, the artist’s level of intentionality fluctuates and each piece becomes layered with controlled and contingent gestures. The resulting works prompt the viewer to deconstruct these layers and consider how each mark has accumulated over time. The final works presented in Surfacing, Shifting and Dissolving each sit somewhere in-between the definitions of drawing and painting. Within each piece, these two mediums constantly overlap and intersect as painterly watercolour gestures often sit alongside and amongst scattered pencil compositions. As the works fluctuate between painting and drawing, the boundaries between these two mediums begin to shift and dissolve.