Feb
14
2010
John Bartlett – Variations on a theme 11
Author: Artemisiaband
‘Variations on a theme’ Exhibition opening at Kazari Collector 12th September 2 – 5pm John Bartlett’s professional career as a Melbourne based artist spans more than 3 decades producing a considerable amount of work and many exhibitions in some iconic Melbourne galleries including Pinacotheca, with Ray Hughes in Sydney and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces. His most recent stylistic venture has been in development for 6 years and signals an important stage in his artistic oeuvre. Creating textured encaustics from beeswax and pigments applied to aluminium, he has performed deep investigations into symbols evolving through and creating links between the I Qing, Aboriginal body painting and the Japanese aesthetic principles of wabi sabi.
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