Philip Wolfhagen is an artist who is interested in landscape as a concept rather than a representation of a real topographical place. To the artist; “Landscape compositions are derived from the alignment of the observed with the ‘blueprint’, or aesthetic framework, which is embedded in my mind.” Wolfhagen looks at the relationship between the internal and external worlds which bring him to the question, what is it that makes landscape meaningful?
The paintings in this exhibition are larger scale developments from the exhibition ‘Landscape Reinventions’ which were on display at Melbourne Art Fair, 2014. This increase in scale places greater emphasis on paint manipulation.
Karen Woodbury Gallery
1 July to 1 August, 2015
Melbourne
Little World no. 8, 2015, oil and wax on linen, 96 x 103cm
Image courtesy the artist and Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
