Sumer, Tauranga
2 October – 6 November, 2021

Appearing ethereal and cloud-like, the drawings, with their layered gestural marks, oscillate and swirl. Whilst abstract they suggest space and form. Not landscapes, least not in the traditional sense—there is no horizon and the depth of field is shallow. Yet, with no hard edges or boundaries—other than the paper upon which the marks reside—they do not register as interiors either. The spaces intimated are instead something more akin to a garden, or a bower; an external expanding space, but one that is at the same time cloistered, intimate and in reach. — Sumer

A Field of Joy: Energy, Hyperobjects and Artefacts

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, Joy Field

 
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Joy Field – June 23rd, Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
524 x 1067 x 25 mm each panel: 1524 x 3404 x 25 mm overall

 
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Joy Field – May 1st Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm

 
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Joy Field – Good Feelings Purple, January 24th, Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm

Joy Field – Good Feelings Yellow #2 – January 25th, Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm.

 
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Joy Field – May 5th, Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm

 
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Joy Field – Journey home through the wilderness, Karmic Pattern – April 2nd Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm

 
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Joy Field – Breath Together Now – Karmic Pattern – 15th March, Sun Studio
soft pastel on smooth cotton rag 640 gsm, brass
1524 x 1067 x 25 mm