Jan Manton Gallery is pleased to present Lee Wilkes latest exhibition Retracing Steps showing from 4 – 29 November, 2020. We welcome you to visit the gallery space from Wednesday to Saturday 10am – 5pm and 11-4pm Sunday.
Wilkes is a Brisbane based painter and photographer working primarily with landscape, as a blurring of time, space and memory. Utilising traditional oil paint, Wilkes uses repetition, reflection, and abstraction to express the impermanence and transformation of the rugged landscapes in his work, with ambiguous horizon lines blending the boundaries between land, sea and sky. Alternative materials such as aluminium panel, mirror, Epoxyglass and found items, challenge the tradition of his oil paintings.
Wilkes’ current body of work Retracing Steps extends this interest in memory, using his own experience with history and nostalgia in combination with an exploration into memory degradation and frailty. These interests conclude in an eclectic exploration of materials, processes and palette, forming an expressive and varied collection of works.
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