Ian Grant

Still, Stillness

6 June - 2 July 2015

Ian Grant’s paintings depict unspecified places. Whilst not exact locations, Grant states: “For some time I have focused on landscape imaging drawn predominately from response to experience with land and atmospherics in central New South Wales ... The works present identifiable imagery whilst seeking to evoke response which begins with identification of subject but moves to encompass a more abstracted sense of engagement.”

Likewise, the still life (flowers) he portrays might be a rose or tulip, but are not botanically identified. In doing this, the image itself becomes the subject matter – the viewer’s response to the form, colour, composition and the atmosphere imbued within the work becomes central to the viewing experience.

Capturing landscape and his encounters within it is a long-standing interest for Grant. His influences are wide ranging – they include Johannes Vermeer, Caspar David Friedrich, Piet Mondrian and Gerhard Richter as well as local Australian artist Fred Williams and the artists of Papunya Tula.

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