Celebrate the opening of our The Clumped Spirit by Meanjin/Brisbane artist James Barth on Friday 25 October, 6-8PM.⁠
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The show is the third in a series of annual $80,000 commissions funded by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and delivered in partnership with leading Australian art galleries, to support mid-career and established artists to develop and present major new bodies of work.⁠
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James Barth studied painting at Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2014. Using 3D-modelling software, she creates stages, props, and avatars, which are then transmuted into screen-printed oil paintings and animated videos. In addition to new paintings and video, The Clumped Spirit makes a dramatic move into sculpture. Barth’s 3D-printed sculptures are coated in zinc and aluminium, recalling petrified figures from Pompeii.⁠
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The Clumped Spirit is a partnership with UNSW Galleries, Warrane/Sydney, and supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, IMA Commissioners Circle, and UNSW New Contemporaries. The IMA is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. ⁠
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Image: James Barth The Clumped Spirit, 2024 (render).⁠