Malcolm Harding, In The Between (detail), 2023, oil on canvas, 200x165cm.
This World and Another
Malcolm Harding
Luminance Gallery
Shop 2, 26 Clarence Street
Port Macquarie 2444
In the Garrison Building
Opposite Glasshouse
6 March 2025 - 3 April 2025
Malcolm Harding, In The Between, 2023, oil on canvas, 200x165cm. $3,500
Malcolm Harding, Organised and Connected, 2024, oil on canvas, 120x150cm. $1,500
Malcolm Harding, Unity in Variety, 2024, oil on canvas, 150x180cm. $3,000
Malcolm Harding, Spatial Activities, 2024, oil on canvas, 101x101cm. $750
Malcolm Harding, Stone Marrow, 2023, oil on canvas, 180x180cm. $2,500
Malcolm Harding, Sequence of Processes, 2024, oil on canvas, 101x56cm. $500
Malcolm Harding, A Logical Necessity, 2024, oil on canvas, 180x150cm. $2,500
Malcolm Harding, Relative Positions, 2024, oil on canvas, 120x150cm. $1,500
Malcolm Harding, Primary Relations, 2024, oil on canvas, 101x112cm. $850
Malcolm Harding, Worlds Within Worlds, 2024, oil on canvas, 180x150cm. $2,500
Malcolm Harding, Beneath the Surface, 2024, oil on canvas, 160cmx110cm. $1,800
Malcolm Harding, artist’s statement, This World and Another
“The works explore similarities between scientific representation of the natural world and artistic abstraction.
“Many microscopic images have an uncanny similarity to their macroscopic counterparts. Often these images look more like art than science. This observation has captured my interest for many years and is expressed in my paintings through the use of shapes, marks, colours and textures that suggest things that exist in microscopic and macroscopic worlds.
“The paintings employ techniques of chance such as decalcomania and frottage to create organisms such as cells, amoeba, planets or stars. These organisms float on the canvas; they allude to life under a glass slide or the infinity of outer space.
“Some of the works use a finely-etched grid to give an impression of scientific credibility and to suggest a governing principle that holds everything together.
“The grid operates as a visible representation of order. It articulates an organising theory for natural phenomena.” - Malcolm Harding, 2025.
Solo exhibitions
Braemar Gallery Springwood 2022
Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 2006
Soda Gallery Sydney 2005
Stop Laughing Gallery Blackheath 2004
Intrude Contemporary Melbourne 2004
Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 2003
Stop Laughing Gallery Blackheath 2003
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2003
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2002
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2001
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2000
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1999
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1998
Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 1997
TAP Gallery Sydney 1996
TAP Gallery Sydney 1995
TAP Gallery Sydney 1993
Group exhibitions
Glasshouse Gallery Port Macquarie 2024
Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 2015
Artworks Contemporary Southport 2007
Macquarie University Gallery Sydney 2006
Stop Laughing Gallery Blackheath 2005
Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne 2005
Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne 2004
Hill-Smith Fine Art Adelaide 2004
Libby Edwards Gallery Sydney 2004
Dickerson Gallery Melbourne 2004
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2003
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 2002
Newspace Gallery Sydney 1999
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney 1998
TAP Gallery Gallery Sydney 1994
Roslyn Oxley Gallery Sydney 1988
Education
Master of Visual Art University of Sydney 2000.
Post Graduate Diploma University of Sydney 1991.
Diploma of Education University of Sydney 1989.
Bachelor of Visual Art Sydney College of the Arts 1987