Tricky Walsh reconfigures relics of technology and the symbology associated with past scientific enquiry. During a recent residency in London, Walsh was “completely overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of its technological history.” Today in Tasmania she has regrouped in an installation of sculpture, painting, smell and sound.
Uniquely, her clarity is conveyed in a collision of sensory experiences. The paintings are both abstract and graphic sampling from the appearance of early code. She’s curious about how iconography inspires gesture or a different appreciation of space, without using language. By staging ‘conflict’ between materials she encourages us to reconsider what drives our perception of space.
Contemporary Art Tasmania
8 October to 15 November, 2016
Tasmania
the electro and magnetoterrestrial spectra, 2016, gouache on paper, 56 x 76cm
Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
