Daniel Hollier’s practice engages with the traditions of the ready-made, hard-edge abstraction and minimalism. His paintings, made by shaping the canvas into irregular geometric forms that investigates painting, surface, support, colour and the experience of making.
Hollier’s works can be described as “narrative abstractions” as their creation tells a story of the artist’s engagement with chance encounters, found objects and the everyday – work, labor, home and the repetition of these cycles in daily life. His canvases, which border on sculptural objects, liberate painting from the conventional frame to create the illusion that the painting is floating off the wall.
Liverpool Street Gallery
1 June to 27 June, 2013
Sydney
Painting for Kelly, 2012, gold enamel, gouache and acrylic on polyester, dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and Liverpool Street Gallery
