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Indepth Arts News: "Paradise Lost, Found: Karin Ryan, Philip Adams and Janice McBride" 2004-08-15 until 2004-09-05 Eltham Wiregrass Gallery Eltham, VC, AU Australia
Janice McBride images are most symbolic and abstract of all. She uses a combination of monoprints, collages, painting and sanding to create her ephemeral characters, suspended in their own dreamy reality. Sharp edges and bright colours sit nicely on the drafting film surface enhancing religious icon-like compositions.
Another participating artist - P. Adams uses more realistic style, meticulously depicting every detail of the overgrown, luscious, full of life landscapes. His paintings represent an ideal of Australian Arcadia, naïve and innocent and, most likely, on the verge of being lost.
Simplicity and childishness of Karin Ryan's gouaches mixed with sense of imminent danger and anxiety create an uneasy tension. Her colourful compositions remind of imaginatory illustrations that could be easily used for bed time stories about a nasty stepmother or a black fairy, where most of the time, as we all know, the good forces after long struggle end up wining.
There is a sense of illusion, bordering on the angst of surreal in works of all the presented artists, even in the case of scrupulously realistic paintings by P.Adams. As a dramatic remainder of reality, the line separating the "Lost" and the "Found" remains invisible in the works at the show. The gallery itself is located in the area of Melbourne that is known for its art traditions as well as for nature preservation efforts and ongoing policies. Images of the luscious greenery or idyllic figures in the nostalgic landscape that most likely exist in our memories and maybe can still be found by the keen artists are very timely and strongly resonate with the inner thoughts of the viewing public.
- Ausra Larbey, Melbourne
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