'Orange Blue' | Mirra Whale

19 July - 6 August 2022

Opening Night: Friday 22 July, 6 - 8pm with Mirra Whale in attendance.

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Mirra Whale is a Sydney based artist whose artworks explore the formal and conceptual limits of the genre of still life.

Groups of everyday objects take on human characteristics in Whale’s latest exhibition ‘Orange Blue’. The focus is on the placement of these objects and their relationship with both each other and with shadow and light.

‘Jars, vinegar bottles, milk containers and plant cuttings have been stripped of any identifying labels or stickers and yet are immediately recognisable’, say Whale. 

The artworks in this exhibition have been pared back to muted tones and simple compositions of conventional, mundane objects.

The shadows that they caste resemble city skylines or contorted, prehistoric landscapes. Orange hues give the illusion of brilliant sunsets and dramatic weather events, until you realise that they are colours on a tablecloth with the detritus of some long-finished meal or human gathering.

These works are an exploration of colour and composition, approaching the subject matter in a playful, tongue in cheek manner. 

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  1. MIRRA WHALE | Eaves Dropping 2

    51 x 61.5cm

    oil on linen

    $3,500.00
  2. MIRRA WHALE | Familiar Place

    97 x 71.5cm

    oil on linen

    $6,000.00
  3. MIRRA WHALE | Falling Forward

    97 x 71.5cm

    oil on linen

    $6,000.00
  4. MIRRA WHALE | Divided Opinion

    71.5 x 97cm

    oil on linen

    $6,000.00
  5. MIRRA WHALE | Eaves Dropping 1

    51 x 61.5cms

    oil on linen

    $3,500.00
  6. MIRRA WHALE | Cooling Off

    71.5 x 97cm

    oil on linen

    $6,000.00
  7. MIRRA WHALE | Hard Placed

    61.5 x 102cms

    oil on linen

    $5,500.00
  8. MIRRA WHALE | The Procession

    91.5 x 112.5cm

    oil on linen

    $9,000.00
  9. MIRRA WHALE | The Observer

    91.5 x 112.5cm

    oil on linen

    $9,000.00
  10. MIRRA WHALE | Paper Daisies, Peas and Fork

    76 x 92cm

    charcoal on linen

    $4,500.00
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