UNTETHERED | EXHIBITION TEXT
Untethered presents us with a nuanced interplay of memory, imagination, and the transformative potential of the landscape. |
Black Door Gallery is pleased to present a new suite of paintings by Jennie De Groot titled Untethered.
For Jennie De Groot landscape painting offers an opportunity to depart from the literal, taking her viewer into a contemplative and poetic space. Within De Groot's paintings, reality, imagination, and memory coexist- each holding an equal share in the narrative. Intuition is the guide to extract the nuanced meanings of these layered and rich scenes. The genesis of De Groot's paintings emerges from a tapestry of experiences, including travel, photos and music. These influences merge with memory, passing through this beautifully fallible and ephemeral faculty. The results are compositions that offer long-distance views, altered perspectives, areas of blurred movement and expressive gesture. The observer hovers above, untethered from an earthbound perspective. As the artist describes: "It's a little play on the idea of how we imagine existing in places that are not our usual landscapes and the game of make-believe that is part of the fun of such experiences...these imagined landscapes are figments of my imagination." Working in oil paint, De Groot builds her lively surfaces with creative tool manipulation. Glazing techniques combine with layering thin screes of transparent paint to craft multi-dimensional works. Colours are chosen for their emotive qualities and the cues they can offer the viewer. The works of Untethered offer a delicate balance of realism and abstraction, as well as the dichotomy between place and non-place. These atmospheric and emotive works are a compelling take on contemporary landscape painting. View these works at Black Door Gallery from Feb 7 and Feb 20. Contact us for further images of works, in situ photography or videos of the works of this exhibition. |
exhibition catalogue
Jennie De Groot
Beginning of a new story (here you are) Oil on Panel 2000 W x 1000mm H 2024 $9000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
I do not own an inch of land But All I See Is Mine Oil on Panel 2000 W x 1000mm H 2024 $9000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
You are Never Alone. Oil on Panel, Tray Framed 1500 W x 1100mm H 2024 $7000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
Thoughts of you turn in my head Oil on Panel, Tray Framed 1500 W x 1100mm H 2024 SOLD |
Jennie De Groot
Your Name Falls From My Mouth Oil on Panel, Tray Framed 1200 w x 1000mm H 2024 SOLD |
Jennie De Groot
Rattled by the Bones of You Oil on Panel 1400 W x 1000mm H 2024 $6000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
See the Sun Turn Off and On Oil on Panel 1100 W x 1100mm H 2023 $5000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
If Once You Have Slept on an Island (Fever Dream) Oil on Panel 1000 W x 1000mm H 2024 $4000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
Don’t be a stranger Oil on Panel 1100 W x 1100mm H 2024 $5000 Available |
Jennie De Groot
Cut All the Corners and Run all the Lights Oil on Panel 1200 W x 1200mm H 2024 $5500 Available |
