FALL TO EARTH Miles Hall
28 November - 20 December 2023
FALL TO EARTH As the force of Gravity pulls all animate and inanimate beings towards the earth it perhaps, inversely and paradoxically, that which connects us to something beyond. These recent paintings have been created working under the direct inspiration of the Mediterranean light and the warmth that falls directly into the studio from above. I have tried to exploit the material qualities of paint and surface to create a cosmos of colour, rhythm, gesture – a territory held between stillness and movement. Sometimes on the wall, sometimes on the floor, these new works are made through a process of combining solid and liquid layers of paint. Paint is not passive but rather an active participant, responding to the forces of gravity, gesture and climate. Many of the paintings contain reflective pigments that create multiple chromatic variations depending on the ambient light and the position of the viewer - things will appear and disappear. — Miles Hall, 2023
Studio photograph by Yohann Gozard.
Carbon lime green 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 190cm $9,900
Hydrogen blue 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 190cm $9,900
Helium blue milk 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 150cm $8,800
Nitrogen green 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 150cm $8,800
Dianthus rose 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 150cm $8,800
Hydrogen violet 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 190 x 150cm $8,800
Cosmos carbon 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 100 x 90cm $3,600
Porcelain white 2023 Oil on Belgian linen 75 x 65cm $3,300
Jan Manton Gallery 54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe QLD 4005 info@janmantonart.com janmantonart.com 0419 657 768 Front cover: Hydrogen blue (detail), Miles Hall, 2023, oil on Belgian linen, 190 x 190cm. Inside cover: Studio photograph by Yohann Gozard. Back cover: Hydrogen blue (detail), Miles Hall, 2023, oil on Belgian linen, 190 x 190cm.
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