After more than five amazing years in Glebe it is with mixed emotions that we announce Salerno Gallery will be moving to a new space. Glebe has been absolutely wonderful […]
April White – Undertones
19th March – 1st April, 2012
Opening Night:
Friday, 23rd March from 6pm until 8pm.
Undertones is a solo exhibition of unique clay board figurative artwork by Sydney based artist April White.
Intriguing, larger-than-life figurative images make a heart-felt humanistic statement of strength in vulnerability. The trade mark beautiful, long-necked, fragile figures hold themselves with dignity – their emotional, mental and psychological states bare for all to see. These figures occupy a unique and peaceful place in-between the complex mysterious layers of human existence.
The narrative of this work is created with layers of pencil on clay board, creating an alabaster skin tone that is translucent and revealing. The figures are barely located within the world; their inner realities being more real. The work functions emotionally, evoking a sometimes-teasing narrative of interplay between inner and outer worlds. To see these works one could feel pulled in to a world of calm after the storm, the peace after the treaty but something lies beneath the surface.. is there still a battle raging on some level? Facial features exude signs of exertion that shadow the happiness felt once wisdom has been won.
April White explains:
“My current series of surreal portrait drawings reflect my personal experience as an artist and as a human being trying to find order in a world of chaos. With frenetic pencil lines and thin layers of gouache combined with scratches on a surface (clay board) that becomes soft when wet, layers are formed, textures and shapes are created that work together to express layers abstract thought and convey emotion.”