Title

John Pratt: Brace.

Venues

Beaver Galleries [2] (10 March 2005 – 28 March 2005)

Date

(2005)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT).

Documentation

Invitation

Web address

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

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

About the exhibition

A consummate printmaker, painter and drawer, John Pratt is primarily concerned with landscape and its relationship with the human figure. In his images, the boundaries between the figure and its environment are dissolved, each serving as a visual metaphor for the existence of the other. These very lyrical works are deliberate in their ambiguity, and offer a very original interpretation of ‘landscape’. The works in this exhibition are a combination of etching and relief printing. John describes his current work as “…part of an ongoing exploration of the meaning imbued in a range of simple physical gestures – walking, holding, reaching, standing and falling. They refer to the tenuous states of being which are braced by references to landscape and text. These two elements provide not only a spatial context but also locate these activities into a broader and more precarious state of being.” This is John’s third exhibition at Beaver Galleries.

[Beaver Galleries media, 2005].

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04 Aug 2024