Second Thoughts | Judith Wright

Second Thoughts Judith Wright

31 October - 25 November 2023

Jan Manton Gallery is pleased to present Judith Wright’s new exhibition Second Thoughts showing between 31 October - 25 November 2023. Second Thoughts sees Judith Wright pair her favourite medium, large scale works on paper, with new materials.

Wright has created her own chipboard substrate, infused with her signature sepia metallic pigments, set in playful found frames. These new works accent Wright’s interest in gestural mark making, with a particular intuition for finding movement in the material.

Wright’s unique approach to installation art, which combines sculptural elements with paintings in dynamic movement-focussed ways, is informed by her experience as a performer with the Australian Ballet.

Second Thoughts 1 2023 Acrylic on Japanese paper 200 x 200cm $14,000

Second Thoughts 2 2023 Acrylic on Japanese paper 200 x 200cm $14,000

Second Thoughts 3 2023 Acrylic on wood, metal, found objects 96cm x 68cm x 43cm $6,000

Second Thoughts 5 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 23.5 x 18cm $750

Second Thoughts 4 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 56 x 46cm $2,800

Second Thoughts 6 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 28 x 23cm $750

Second Thoughts 7 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 40 x 32.5cm $900

Second Thoughts 8 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 60.3 x 71cm $2,800

Second Thoughts 10 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 33 x 37.5cm $900

Second Thoughts 9 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 29 x 36.5cm $900

Second Thoughts 11 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 31 x 25.5cm

Second Thoughts 12 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 60.3 x 71cm

$950

$2,800

Second Thoughts 13 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 20 x 25cm $750

Second Thoughts 14 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 20 x 15cm $600

Second Thoughts 15 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 29.8 x 29cm $750

Second Thoughts 16 2023 Acrylic on particle board in found wooden frame 20 x 20cm $600

Second Thoughts 17 2023 Acrylic on particle board in wooden frame 116 x 116.5cm $8,000

Second Thoughts 18 2023 Acrylic on wood, sculpture hung by wire 50 x 37 x 1cm $3,000

Flights of Fantasy 2023 Artist book with hard cover, acrylic on Japanese paper, 28 pages (pages 8-9 pictured) 50 x 114cm (spread) $36,000

Flights of Fantasy, 2023, pages 10-11.

Flights of Fantasy, 2023, pages 16-17.

Flights of Fantasy, 2023, pages 24-25.

Jan Manton Gallery

Gallery Director Jan Manton

54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe QLD 4005 info@janmantonart.com janmantonart.com 0419 657 768

Gallery Manager Embie Tan Aren

Front cover image: Second Thoughts 2 (detail) Inside cover image: Flights of Fantasy (detail of pages 8-9)

Gallery Assistant Noam O’Reilly