HAMISH COLEMAN & MICHAEL MAHNE LAMB SHORT MEMORY
, 19 AUGUST - 12 SEPTEMBER, 2020
Short memory represents a conversation between two Wellington artists: painter Hamish Coleman and a photographer whose work he admires Michael Mahne Lamb. Across the different mediums, the two artists share an interest in the abstraction of figurative detail which can serve to move us away from a worldly ‘sea of chatter’ to a quieter place which allows fleeting moments to be seen, savoured and recalled. For the photographer here, this is an act of subtraction, a removal of excessive detail to deny the importance of subject or place, to place our focus entirely on the image. For the painter, addition, through the building up of layers of paint, is the critical act. Both approaches invite the viewer to create their own narrative and response. Across both practices, we see recurring spheres of light and dark, a soft focus which creates a sense of vibration, and a dance between the ephemeral and the indelible. Hamish Coleman, who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) in painting from Ilam School of Fine Arts at University of Canterbury, has been showing with the gallery since 2015. We are pleased to introduce Michael Mahne Lamb who holds a Bachelor of Design (Honours) from Massey University and is currently pursuing an MFA in photography at the University of Hartford in the US. Please note that the interference paint used by Coleman creates a surface effect within his painting and, to varying degrees across the works, the surface colour and sheen changes in line with the viewing angle. Coleman’s use of this paint and his creation of surface mobility generates a dialogue with conventional expectations that painting is two-dimensional, flat and stable.
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 | Hamish Coleman Asunder, 2020 oil on linen, 605 x 605mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Asunder (alternate angle), 2020 oil on linen, 605 x 605mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Gifts of the Nor'west, 2020 oil on linen, 505 x 505mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Gifts of the Nor'west (alternate angle), 2020 oil on linen, 505 x 505mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb The surface, not the point, 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 1140 x 760 mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Sea of Chatter, 2020 oil on linen, 710 x 710mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Sea of Chatter (alternate angle), 2020 oil on linen, 710 x 710mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Agitator, 2020 oil on linen, 605 x 605mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Agitator (alternate angle), 2020 oil on linen, 605 x 605mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb Never referred to, 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 1140 x 760 mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb The most minute matters, 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 700 x 525 mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb To forget a difference, 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 700 x 525 mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb A glass at three-fourteen (in profile), 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 700 x 525 mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb Ambiguity is a richness, 2019 C-type print, timber frame with Artglass, 700 x 525 mm |
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 | Hamish Coleman Places, 2020 oil on linen, 227 x 227mm |
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 | Michael Mahne Lamb Recall the corners, 2019 C-type print mounted on aluminium, 1130 x 750 mm |
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