‘Liberté’ explores both real and imagined connections between the daredevil suspension of high-wire artist Philipe Petit and the modelling skills of figurative sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Across painting, drawing, photography and sculpture, Aaron Butt draws parallels between the two French creatives, while simultaneously exploring their use of framing the body and strategically creating specific viewpoints to experience their work. The exhibition presents seemingly disparate fragments that create new and non-linear narratives based on shape, colour, texture and reoccurring motifs.
Aaron Butt, Blow, 2016, oil on canvas, 50 x 75cm. Courtesy the artist and Jan Manton Art, Queensland
Jan Manton Art
4 to 28 April, 2018
Queensland
