EQUINOX
Tilley Wood
13th September - 12th October
Opening Night
21st September 5 - 7pm
‘Equinox’, a layered exhibition of paintings and sculptures
With this work, Tilley marks a milestone for the gallery as she becomes the first early-career artist to hold a solo exhibition in the space.
Working out of Southern lutruwita/Tasmania, her work continues the exploration of making in response to life marked by the celestial seasons. This exhibition traverses time as it passes over the 22nd of September, the southern hemisphere’s vernal equinox; a day that marks the pivot between days of longer darkness to those of longer light.
Drawing from moments in landscapes across this continent, Equinox examines concepts of balance, growth, rebirth, and the tension of shifting power between opposing forces within the yearly cycle. The contrasts between light and dark, abstract and figurative, delicacy and strength – these concepts appear equally as physical landscapes and emotional spaces that exist within. These landscapes are not defined by a calendar as such, but a deep orientation of life to the broader environmental forces that shape it.
Selected works
Big Hill, lutruwita / Tasmania
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
520 x 520 x 30 mm
Big Rock, Ubirr, Kakadu NP
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
420 x 420 x 30 mm
Big Sky Summer, Kakadu
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 x 320 x 30 mm
Heat (The First Grace)
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
840 X 1220 X 50 mm
Hot Wind
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 x 320 x 30 mm
Light (The Second Grace)
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
840 X 1220 X 50 mm
Longing (The Third Grace)
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
840 X 1220 X 50 mm
New Season
100 Dried Roses, Gold Leaf, Copper, Tasmanian Oak
900 x 900 x 50 mm
North / South
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
520 X 520 X 30 mm
South Arm Winter
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 X 320 X 30 mm
South Headland, Tilba Beach
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
520 x 520 x 30 mm
Spring (lutruwita, Tasmania)
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 X 320 X 30 mm
Spring (Mainland)
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 X 320 X 30 mm
The Top End
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
420 x 420 x 30 mm
Tilba Valley
Oil on Timber, Tasmanian Oak, Beeswax
320 X 320 X 30 mm