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fulgēre Andrew Browne 14 - 25 July 2026

luminosity of refulgent light through

Andrew Browne

layers of base materiality, whilst

fulgēre

seductive, if fractured beauty. Think

Recent photo works

gesturing outward toward a certain ‘ex-utopia’.

Derived from images caught during happenstance encounters with the

fulgēre presents a new suite of unique

urban texture of lowdown, forsaken or

dye sublimation photographic prints on

redundant, they also obliquely refer to

brushed aluminium in artist designed

the inevitable passing from the pristine

frames, alongside earlier examples

manufacture into the realms of the

from late 2025, as well as two textile

abject.

editions on unstretched satin.

Fracture sits at the centre of this The works cumulatively traverse the

character, whether through the forces

zone between an abstraction formed

of time, chemical transformation, or

by time’s fertile ruination, and the

the expansion and contraction of base

in opposition to filmic skin. As such their

nevertheless hold close to the fidelity

imagery mirrors their sources innate

of their ‘capture’, suggestive of shifting

materiality.

dichotomies between material and chemical, scale and aspect.

Aluminium, a highly abundant silverwhite metallic element, dull and

Andrew Browne July 2026

leaden when raw, but highly reactive to ambient light in its burnished and polished state, forms the luminous base of these dye sublimation prints. Satin, a similarly luminous material, forms the basis of the two large free-hanging ‘banners’, also painterly in intent and diaphanous in encounter.

Collectively evoking microphotography, Arte Povera, ‘matterism’ and romanticism, they

* fulgēre is a Latin verb meaning ‘to shine brightly’.

It is the root of several English words including effulgent (radiant). * Dye sublimation is a printing method that uses heat to turn ink into gas, subsequently embedding it directly into coated surfaces such as aluminium.

A kind of skin - vignette #1 2025 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 55.5 x 68 cm Unique (1/1) $5,000

A kind of skin - vignette #2 2025 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 55.5 x 68 cm Unique (1/1) $5,000

A kind of skin - vignette #4 2025 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 58 x 48 cm Unique (1/1) $4,200

fulgēre #1 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 58 x 48 cm Unique (1/1) $4,200

fulgēre #2 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frameand museum glass 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

fulgēre #3 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

fulgēre #4 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

fulgēre #6 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame and museum glass 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

fulgēre #7 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

fulgēre #5 2026 Dye sublimation on aluminium in artists frame 48 x 40.5 cm Unique (1/1) $3,500

Large blue fulgēre #1 2026 Digital textile print on satin 194 x 144cm Ed 1/5 $4,500

Large green fulgēre #1 2026 Digital textile print on satin 194 x 144cm Ed 1/5 $4,500

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