In 1938 the Australian artist Thea Proctor claimed that “it is well known that the majority of women art students have a good sense of colour” and conjectured that male-dominated art gallery boards might suffer from the absence of this gendered ‘colour sense’. ‘Quaternary’ explores this enduring aesthetic relationship by surveying women graduates of QUT Visual Arts whose works utilise the affective power of colour in compelling ways.
‘Quaternary’ is the second iteration of QUT’s triennial exhibition series which explores the University’s unique open-studio, cross-disciplinary approach to studying art. This year’s participating artists are Bianca Beetson, Chantal Fraser, Rachael Haynes, Natalya Hughes, Alice Lang, Gemma Smith, and Jemima Wyman.
QUT Art Museum
9 May to 28 June, 2015
Brisbane
Jemima Wyman, Green grid, 2011, hand cut photo collage
Courtesy the QUT Art Collection
