Material Ecologies
Johanna van der Linden and Brigid Meredith
Rubicon Gallery, 2024
Material Ecologies explores material ecologies, dualities and tensions through expanded painting, sculpture and installation. A joint exhibition between two female identifying artists, Johanna van der Linden and Brigid Meredith, Material Ecologies explores their ongoing interest in the intersections between materiality, feminism and studio practice. Brigid’s encaustic and metal works explore materiality and the expanse of painting practices. Approaching her process in an intuitive manner, the material explorations facilitate a broader inquiry into notions of the post-human feminist sublime. Johanna presents recent works made as part of an ongoing research project into Catholic materiality and feminism. Alongside new etching work, forged steel chains, spikes and hooks further consider the material entanglements of heaviness, force and embodiment. Using materials such as steel, wax, etching and paint, Material Ecologies consider the ways in which materials can implicate the body through texture, colour, scale and relationality.
Johanna van der Linden and Brigid Meredith
Rubicon Gallery, 2024
Material Ecologies explores material ecologies, dualities and tensions through expanded painting, sculpture and installation. A joint exhibition between two female identifying artists, Johanna van der Linden and Brigid Meredith, Material Ecologies explores their ongoing interest in the intersections between materiality, feminism and studio practice. Brigid’s encaustic and metal works explore materiality and the expanse of painting practices. Approaching her process in an intuitive manner, the material explorations facilitate a broader inquiry into notions of the post-human feminist sublime. Johanna presents recent works made as part of an ongoing research project into Catholic materiality and feminism. Alongside new etching work, forged steel chains, spikes and hooks further consider the material entanglements of heaviness, force and embodiment. Using materials such as steel, wax, etching and paint, Material Ecologies consider the ways in which materials can implicate the body through texture, colour, scale and relationality.