Concepts surrounding perception, psychological landscapes, memory and the past are explored throughout the works in this exhibition. 

Painting genres become blurred as abstractions flow into representational implications, landscapes become conceptual metaphors, and figuration blends with gestural intentions. Artists Rômulo Avi and Jen Gash depict abstraction through the painting process which imply figurative interpretations. Paint is layered, dripped, pasted, built upon, moved, overlapped and disguised in intuitive applications.

Architectural landscapes, geometries, gestures, movements of light and shadow emerge in works by CW Landon and Jan Valik. A cavernous encasement of the flowing yet solid and defined shapes radiate together. The mind seeks to find logical understandings from the seemingly disorderly and chaotic compositions which we discover through the emotive qualities that painting conveys. Layers, marks and collage create traces of actions of the past in the paintings by Emma Labattaglia. Diverse forms and applications come together in a balanced harmony.   

Colour is a powerful element in works by Mengmeng Zhang, Cristina Rago and Yaya Yajie Liang to highlight emotive states, psychology and identity. Figurative characters are depicted in lucid, energetic vibrancy. A sense of place is lost and identities are defined by their inner worlds. People become absorbed in their own worlds in the isolating street scenes by Thomas Cameron. A voyeuristic perspective of the urban setting is absorbed through light and colour radiating from the canvas. Artists Charlotte Evans, Elisa Filomena and Adrian Gardner explore figures lost in fantasy worlds and landscapes. People embrace, dance, contemplate, relax, explore and get immersed in a dreamlike place where colour comes alive. Plants, flowers, clouds and mountains have a life of their own. These works express a common understanding of being merged into a natural as well as psychological landscape.

Quiet moments of figures, landscapes and objects can be observed through the works of Sharon Lacey, Tin Nguyen, Sarah Grant and Hidetake Suzuki. Lacey’s ghostly worlds represent a collective memory of human behaviour and mythologies passed down through generations. Tin Nguyen brings us a quiet glimpse into his autobiographical reflections of both his inner and outer surroundings. A mountain landscape has equal weight as a more intimate view of his private corner of the world. Sarah Grant presents us with loosely defined snowy scenes that seem as if we have remembered them from an idyllic ski vacation postcard, hinting at nostalgia. 

Hidetaka Suzuki presents to us objects and scenes that feel anonymous and muted. Suzuki creates tension, unsettling contradictions that make sense to us on a subconscious level. 

Each artist represented in this exhibition explores their own individual and unique approach to painting. Common ideas of memory circulate through expressions of psychological states of mind depicted by portraits, surreal landscapes, colour, process and gestural marks. The Space Between hopes to draw parallels between all of these ideas presented in the exhibition, to highlight the palatability of painting as a means of expression.