Sydney, 16 Aug 2022 — 11 Sep 2022

15 Roylston Street [PO Box 282], Paddington 2021

Recent Paintings
- Graeme Drendel

Perhaps the best way to describe Graeme Drendel’s recent suite of paintings is the tangible meeting the intangible.

Elements that ground the viewer such as the crisp fold-marks of a tablecloth or an expressive hand gesture are placed within a setting that at first seems real – but a distinct omission of details and reference points cast the viewer into a more imaginative and fluid place. Inside and outside all at once, familiar and foreign, public displays and private moments.

The artist’s cast of characters are reacting and acting, but to exactly what or whom remains elusive. When viewing the works one finds that instead of following a storyline they are instead enjoying the very act of looking and questioning what it is they see and what, if anything, acts as a connecting thread between works. The effect is an experience of mystery and delight in surveying the figures and familiar forms, stepping into their world whilst remaining rooted in ours.

Graeme Drendel
Victorian born Graeme Drendel’s figurative works are meditations on the isolated individual, often within the …
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