FIONA HALSE
RECENT WORK
28 August -15 September, 2002
Fiona Halse’s second solo exhibition at 69 Smith Street Gallery consists of approximately 80 small assembled cardboard and mixed media works which have been repainted/rearranged until a lyrical rhythm is formed.
The exhibition is like an excerpt from a sketch book, the work hang as brainstorm of ideas, the work ranging from staccato, legato and rest concepts. The works together form a type of concerto/symphonic growth.
Halse strongly believes in Motherwell’s statement in that the game is not what things look like. The game is organizing states of feeling(1). Kandinsky’s search for the essence/sound of the form and the understanding that every form has a function and different impact on the composition is also relevant to Halse’s work .
Fiona Halse’s exhibition at 69 Smith Street attempts to capture internal forms , her works has been described as commanding but sensitive by Robert Nelson(2) and strangely beautiful by Jeff Makin(3).
Fiona Halse was born in Sydney in 1974 and graduated from Monash University Fine Art Department in 1995. She has been the recipient of the Ella Donald Memorial Scholarship in 1993, Ian Potter Grant 1996. She has also been included in the Sotheby’s Emerging Artist’s Auction 1997 and Mornington Peninsula National Works on Paper, 1998.
(1)Robert Motherwell, August26 1991
(2)Nelson, Robert, Visual Acumen Displayed by Artists with Confidence, The Age, 3 December 1999,pgA17
(3)Makin, Jeff, Choice Views, Herald Sun 10 August 1998,pg98
DATES: 28 August-15 September, 2002
OPENING: Saturday 31 August 3-5pm
LOCATION: 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy 3065
HOURS: 11am-5pm Wednesday to Saturday , 12pm-5pm Sunday
WEBSITE: www.vicnet.net.au/~69 smith
CONTACT: 69 Smith Street Gallery- 69smith@mail.com
Co-ordinator, Michael Brennan (03) 9747 3438
Secretary Felicity Gordon (03) 9844 0580
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