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Erasure 2<\/em> by Nicole Ellis
33″x46.5″; fabric and acrylic paint on canvas; 2018. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicole Ellis: Fabrications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Drill Hall Gallery at the Australian National University in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
19 February-11 April 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition surveys Sydney-based artist Nicole Ellis\u2019s rich and complex involvement with collage, assemblage and found materials over a thirty year period. Fastidiously selected textiles comprise her \u201cpalettes\u201d and provide tones and textures that she moulds into poised, luminous compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI enjoy incidental elements,\u201d Ellis explains, \u201cflaws, traces of human touch and gesture, and I seek out different assemblage techniques through experimentation and research. I enjoy the qualities of the worn, aged, broken, torn, the seemingly casual, the imperfect, traces of paint and reversals.\u201d

As Anna Johnson observes in her text for the exhibition publication, Ellis\u2019s method of generating images is \u201criven with quiet reversals–Post-objective and anti-descriptive, her work involves the cohesive life of the materials themselves, and the cleaving point where surfaces meet. Here is \u2018painting\u2019 that dwells in residue, damage and remains. The results cannot be abstracted from the process. They are the process.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Light Matter Yellow<\/em> by Nicole Ellis
acrylic paint and fabric on canvas; 2018. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An illustrated exhibition publication is available, which includes an interview with Nicole Ellis conducted by curator Tony Oates, and essays by Terence Maloon and Anna Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted from the gallery’s press materials)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drill Hall Gallery<\/strong>
Building 29 (Kingsley Street, off Barry Drive)
Australian National University
Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
+61 2 6125 5832<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours:
Wednesday-Sunday, 10AM-5PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW Nicole Ellis: Fabrications at Drill Hall Gallery at the Australian National University in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia19 February-11 April 2021 This exhibition surveys Sydney-based artist Nicole Ellis\u2019s rich and complex involvement with collage, assemblage and found…<\/p>\n

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