exhibition 7th Sept 2010 R. Gibson and C. Purser S

Small Studies is an exhibition of new works by artists Clare Purser and Robyn Gibson, at Auckland's Satellite Gallery from the 7 th to 24th September, 2010.

Clare Purser finds inspiration in the letters and postcards sent ‘home’ in colonial times to friends and family. Like aged snapshots of another time, the rugged texture of the surface and the ambiguous forms combine to evoke a mood of isolation and mystery.

Painted onto salvaged native wood panels, these small postcard-like paintings offer glimpses of a raw and primal landscape.

Robyn Gibson's work is uncanny; strange flirtations take place with the viewer in these small noir portrait paintings. The solo subjects are positioned awkwardly within the canvas, as though their peculiar physicality represents the metaphysical constraints placed on them.