Hassan’s most recent series of paintings, ‘About Madness’, have developed a monochromatic palette of fragmented triangles, overlaid with large, negative brush strokes. The work plays off some of the key conflicts of 20th Century painting: abstraction vs mimesis, photography vs painting, and the grid structure.
Also showing, is Hassan’s most recent sculptural work that supports itself through a multiple set of interconnected, brain-synapse-like units. Hassan is fascinated by the complex knowledge contemporary science presents to us.
Ariel Hassan, Triangle, 2011, collage of 72 digital prints on rag paper, 78 x 90cm. Courtesy the artist and Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Greenaway Art Gallery
March 28 to April 22 2012
South Australia
