‘Monochrome art has two origins: the mystical and the concrete. Its evolution in the 20th century illustrates the divide between the spiritual quest for transcendental experience and the desire to emphasise the material presence of the object as concrete reality and not as illusion.’ Barbara Rose
Monochrome: Empty & Full highlights contemporary Australian practices of monochrome painting and sculpture.
Featured Artists
Hayley Millar Baker
David Batchelor
Brian Blanchflower
Louise Blyton
Vicente Butron
Eugene Carchesio
Deb Covell
Christoph Dahlhausen
Julian Dashper
Adrian De Vries
Matthew Deleget
ADS Donaldson
Craig Easton
Marcia Hafif
Chris Heaphy
Suzie Idiens
Aldo Iacobelli
Raafat Ishak
Noel Ivanoff
Wjm Kok
Robert MacPherson
Aaron Martin
Anne-Marie May
Allan Mitelman
Darren Munce
April Spencer Napaljarri
Winkie Spencer Napaljarri
John Nixon
Rose Nolan
Derek O’Connor
Lenton Parr
Yioryios Papayioryiou
Paul Partos
Kerrie Poliness
Steven Rendall
Ayako Saito
David Serisier
Ron Robertson Swann
David Thomas
Exhibition Catalogue
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