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Samara Adamson-Pinczewski The Beautiful Corner Wednesday 28 January - Saturday 14 February 2015 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au Surface Slope 2014 acrylic on canvas 183 x 137 cm $4,900 Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au Blue Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 Copper Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au Green Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 Gold Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au The Beautiful Corner Before commencing the works in The Beautiful Corner, in 2013 Melbourne-based artist Samara Adamson-Pinczewski travelled to the USA to undertake the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency Program in New Berlin, New York. It was during her time as artist in residence that Adamson-Pinczewski had an opportunity to experiment with a virtually unlimited array of the paints produced by Golden Artist Colors. This exhibition comprises a new series of geometric abstract paintings in which Adamson-Pinczewski has refined some of the experiments with colour to achieve scintillating colour effects and delicately subtle surfaces. The Beautiful Corner explores relationships between geometric abstract painting, architecture and urban space, with a focus on innovative uses of reflective paint materials to create ambiguous pictorial spatial readings. The exhibition’s title references Kazimir Malevich’s symbolic placement of the Black Square (1915), across the corner of the room, and close to the ceiling, during his revolutionary show The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10 (1915). Domestic Russian Orthodox icons are traditionally hung in this ultimate position, also known as the ‘beautiful corner’ or ‘red corner’. In contrast to Malevich’s spiritual beliefs, Adamson-Pinczewski’s abstract compositions are derived from the physical world, specifically modern architecture and contemporary urban spaces, as well as studio-based painting installations. In the artist’s words: “I focus on using fragmented architectonic motifs and oblique linear structures to create the illusion of fracture, sudden movement and turbulence. The diagonal planes in my paintings are designed to appear vertiginous and weightless, and to simultaneously project forwards and backwards in deep perspectival space.” Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, September 2014 Adamson-Pinczewski holds a BFA (Hons.) and Master of Fine Arts (research) and in 2013 was awarded her PhD from RMIT University, Melbourne. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Melbourne since 2000 and The Beautiful Corner marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Sydney. Her work has also been shown in prize and group shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, New Berlin, New York and Taipei and has been collected in Australia and the USA. Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au High Tension 2014 acrylic on canvas 183 x 114 cm $4,900 Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au Violet Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 Red Corner 2 2014 acrylic on wood panel 30 x 25 cm $700 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au Curriculum Vitae Education 2013 Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University 2003 Master of Fine Art (by Research), Victorian College of the Arts 2001 Graduate Diploma in Education (Visual Art), University of Melbourne 1999 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours), RMIT University 1998 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Monash University Selected Grants, Awards, Residencies 2013 The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency Program, New York 2011 Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan 2009 Australian Postgraduate Award, Commonwealth Government of Australia Solo Exhibitions 2015 The Beautiful Corner, Gallery 9, Sydney 2014 The Beautiful Corner, Langford 120, Melbourne (Exhibition Catalogue) 2013 Thresholds for Disorientation, Langford 120, Melbourne (Exhibition Catalogue) 2008 Aspects III, Gross Gallery, Melbourne 2007 Aspects II, Gadens Lawyers, Melbourne Aspects I, Span Galleries, Melbourne 2005 Iridescent Atmosphere, Span Galleries, Melbourne 2003 New Order, Span Galleries, Melbourne 2000 Fragments, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Works on Paper, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne Abstraction 13, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne Made In Paint, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, New York, USA Tangible, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne Fourteen: Trajectories, Langford120, Melbourne 2013 Open Studio, The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, New York, USA Abstraction 12, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne Draw like you talk - make it happen! Drawing Out International Symposium presented by RMIT University and the University of Arts London, RMIT University Design Hub Project Space 2012 Redland Art Awards 2012, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland Frames of Reference, Langford 120, Melbourne Frames of Reference, Langford 120, Melbourne 2011 Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 2011, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast My Australia, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei University of Fine Arts, Taiwan Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast 2010 The Secret Life of the City, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne 2009 The Opposite of Forgetting: An exhibition of memory and identity, Helen Gory City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne 2008 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane 2007 MLC Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne Prometheus Art Exhibition, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast 2006 R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane Summer Exhibition, Span Galleries, Melbourne 2005 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney Selected Bibliography 2014 Dr. Kristen Sharp, The Beautiful Corner, Exhibition Catalogue Mark Golden, Golden Foundation, Made In Paint, Exhibition Catalogue, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, Golden Artist Colors Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Thresholds for Disorientation, Exhibition Catalogue 2013 Inga Walton, ‘Melburnin’, Trouble, Issue 100, April 2013 2012 Dr. Wilma Tabacco, Frames of Reference, Exhibition Catalogue, Langford120, Melbourne 2011 Phillipa Lean, Stan & Maureen Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast Shiau-Peng Chen and Meng-Shu You, My Australia, Exhibition Catalogue, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art Taipei University of Fine Arts, Taiwan Collections Private collections in Australia, USA Gallery 9 9 Darley St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 t: + 61 2 9380 9909 [email protected] www.gallery9.com.au
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