This World and Another
The joyfulness embedded in This World and Another is on show at Luminance Gallery until 3 April.
We’re two weeks into This World and Another and a good number of people have commented on the vibrancy of the works and their astonishing detail.
The artist is Port Macquarie resident Malcolm Harding.
Malcolm talks about This World and Another as abstract representations of cells, amoeba, planets or stars. These organisms appear to float on the canvas; they allude to life under a glass slide or the infinity of outer space.
“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.
“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.”
If you’d like to see Malcolm’s work and haven’t yet, Luminance Gallery is open from 11am to 3pm, Thursday to Saturday.
This World and Another runs until 3 April 2025.
Private viewings are welcome.