now and here Jessica Snow The threaded lines suggest a

The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a transparency is created that allows the viewer to enter through the lines onto the painted surface

which is in the service of the artist’s interest in showing the question of space

Brent Hallard is an Australian - born artist and co organiser of The Shape of Things

are tactile and possessive of their own presence

including those of the Federal Reserve Bank

now and here Jessica Snow The threaded lines suggest aThis work is part of the series titled Sonnet Paintings where unrecognizable shapes, forms and textures hauntingly allude to the world of nature and recognizable things.