EXHIBITION FOOTNOTES

Action speaks louder than words. Art in times of Global Recession.

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For the month of January Gallery 4a has turned its ground floor gallery into a public-private studio space and experimental laboratory. Rice paper meets spontaneous drips and improvised splatters from blood red to charcoal black – on the ground, off the wall, at street level in full view. As each work is born the world is born – leaving behind a spectrum of mark making vocabularies. Some have resulted in elegant well-turned phrases, others in the stilted grappling for form chasing elusive time.

Saturday drew a diverse group  - there was a visiting Indonesian artist currently studying at a local business college, a visiting Dutch artist who’s a full-time housepainter by trade, the local art-sibling duo  Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki from Match Box Projects and random passersby. We (that is all the participants) were given half an hour each, with painting materials supplied by the gallery for everyone to create works on the spot. Most however took longer than the allocated minutes, working and hanging out till closing time.

Action vs. Action is currently ongoing. For more information on how to take part/participate please check Gallery 4a’s website.

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