The Silver Cord

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Sonia Jia. Porcelain Repair (2024)

As the title suggests, the paintings in the exhibition explore the metaphysical, presenting mutations of commonplace objects, memory, prosaic normality and the ephemeral or intangible. While their subjects are anchored in reality, the works hover at the boundary between the familiar and the alien. The artists seek to transport the viewer beyond the everyday, constructing proxy realms by transforming our own, and moving beyond the physical restraints of the present. In harnessing the power of the imaginary, the artists present, in myriad ways, an abstracted, augmented, and at times surreal, sensory experience.

The exhibition is presented across our Swallow Street and Maddox Street galleries.