Title

G.W. Bot Glyphmetric.

Venues

Beaver Galleries [2] (2 May 2013 – 21 May 2013)

Date

(2013)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints; Sculpture

Web address

https://www.beavergalleries.com.au/exhibitions/gl…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

The work of GW Bot engages with the environment in both a topographical and metaphysical sense. Through her uniquevisual language of glyphs, GW Bot maps the landscape, not literally but intuitively, with her markings always born from personal experience. This extensive repertoire of glyph motifs features across her paintings, works on paper and sculptures. In a most basic observation, they are evocative of branches and twigs, and have also been likened to the moth tracks on scribbly gums. Yet her glyphs operate via the links of allusion and association to form abstract landscapes, or more elusively, a map of almost cosmological markings, mapping out the progression of time, seasons or natural events. The title for this exhibition was born from a collaboration between the artist and poet Anne Kirker to produce an artist’s book, which is included in the show. ‘Glyphmetric’, as described by the artist, “combines two concepts, glyphs as a language of the Australian landscape and metric as the language of rhythm, music and dance.” This concept of a lyrical language of landscape and life reflects the spaces, pauses and silences of art and existence. In all variations of her work, GW Bot combines a mastery of technique with an unlimited creativity and intuitive sensitivity.

[Beaver Galleries media, 2013].

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08 Apr 2025