BELINDA FOX FRAGMENT(ED) 2020
Belinda Fox Waiver 2020, ink, encaustic wax, drawing on board 130x120cm
Belinda Fox A few moments II 2020, watercolour, drawing, collage, encaustic wax on board 100x110cm
Belinda Fox The news pounded I (hard and soft) 2020, watercolour, ink, encaustic wax, drawing on board 110x100cm
Belinda Fox You never said II 2020, watercolour, drawing, collage, encaustic wax on board 110x100cm
Belinda Fox What goes around II 2020, pigment print 150x198cm edition of 8
Belinda Fox Counterweight II 2020, watercolour, drawing, woodcut on board 50x81.5cm
Belinda Fox The news pounded II (up and down) 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing, collage on board 110x360cm
Belinda Fox Retreat 2020, watercolour, ink, encaustic wax, drawing on board 55x100cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 1 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 20.5x25.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 2 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 25.5x20.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 3 2020, woodcut on board 51x29cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 4 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 20.5x15cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 5 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 15x20.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 6 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 20.5x15cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 11 2020, watercolour, drawing on board 20.5x25.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 7 2020, watercolour, drawing, woodcut on board 20.5x59cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 8 2020, woodcut 30x29.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 9 2020, woodcut on board 29.5x50cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 13 2020, watercolour, ink, pen, acrylic spray, encaustic wax on board 30.5x24cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 14 2020, watercolour, ink, drawing on board 30x29.5cm
Belinda Fox Fragment 12 2020, woodcut on board 41x20cm
Most works from Fragment(ed) were created between November 2019 and June 2020: half during polarised political divides, bushfires in Australia and environmental urgencies and half during the Covid19 crisis. What a backdrop! And the diverse subject matter for this body of work floats between landscape and abstraction. In lockdown, inspiration was found from my everyday world, from wild thistles in France, to European Magpies in my neighbour’s yard. And amongst the everyday was the news pounding, covid19 wreaking havoc, our Australian land burning. Instability resonates throughout these images in subtle ways. A seagull hovers on shaky ground, the gladiolus flowers disjointed and cut up, indigo woodcuts polarise and intercept the tranquil watercolour Dutch landscapes. Some works sit on shelves, intimate and fragile – fragments of time leaning into the stability of wall, holding onto a tiny element of solidity in a most unstable time. Others are a pure expression of gratitude for the beautiful moments nature has provided whilst in lockdown. I feel the works distil calm and unease. There is a disjointed feel to this series that I decided to embrace, as it accurately replicates my own experiences at this time. The small works were made at the height of the lockdown where just getting into the studio was a huge challenge. Making these was a way to ‘just keep moving’ and create what I could when I could. The strategy worked and these small pieces were most enjoyable to make and importantly helped me find a way to create at a time of great stress and concern. ‘The News Pounded II’, (a title borrowed by Patti Smith in her fabulous book I was reading in January 2020 ‘The year of the monkey’), was an epic work to complete and I really loved seeing this one through to its end. The energy and rhythm, the sharp and soft, it’s a life force. It refuses to yield to the pounding. It is a centre-piece full of life in all its subtle and harsh beauty.
- Belinda Fox, July 2020
CV BELINDA FOX born 1975, Victoria, lives The Hague EDUCATION 1999 University of Melbourne (Graduate Diploma) 1993 Victoria College of the Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts – printmaking) SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Fragment(ed), Gallerysmith, Melbourne Fault/Lines, San Francisco, USA 2019 You need the light to cast a shadow, Arthouse Gallery, Australia 2018 Introduce Yourself, Maybaum Gallery, San Francisco, USA Pedestal, Gallerysmith, Melbourne 2017 Tilt, Manly Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney Tapestry, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney 2016 Balancing the world, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore 2015 Balancing the world, Sydney Contemporary Art fair, Sydney 2014 Excavate, Korean International Art Fair (KIAF) Excavate, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney 2013 Hua Ping, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Everything is Connected, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore Back to the Start, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne 2012 The View from Here, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney 2011 Deeper the Blue, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne 2011 Slip, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney 2010 Day to Day, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 2009 Finding my way, Turner Galleries, Perth 2008 Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, Melbourne Art Fair 2007 Backwards-Forwards, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Camouflage, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Fruhlings – An Australian Spring, Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2019 The Paul Guest Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC Australia Seattle Art Fair, U.S.A 2018 Miami Art Fair, Miami U.S.A Op de vriendschap!, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands Size Matters – a question of scale, Chan Hori Gallery, Singapore Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, NSW, Australia Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, U.S.A
Surprise: new acquisitions, The Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, U.S.A Australian Ambassadors Residence, Den Haag, Netherlands Swan Hill Prints and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC All We Can’t See- group exhibition, The Yellow House, NSW 2016 Paul Guest Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC Art Stages, Singapore Art Fair, Singapore 2015 Common Ground, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore The Piano Has Been Drinking (not me), Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW 2013 Grounded, Australian High Commission, Singapore 2012 Inspiring Artists, Pat Corrigan Artists Grants, Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW Give and Take – collaboration with Neville French, Beaver Galleries, ACT 2011 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery Australia, ACT Personal Space, contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, NSW/China WATTLE Australian contemporary art, Cat Street Gallery, HK 2010 Can’t See the Woods for the Trees, Sculpture, Niagara Galleries, VIC 2009 Niagara Presents, Niagara Galleries, VIC Stories of our Making, Australian printmaking, Bristol, UK 2009 Women, Art and Politics, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, VIC 2007 Busan Print Festival, Korea (Australian Representative) This is not a Print Show, Plimsoll Gallery, TAS (touring NSW, VIC) Marks and Motifs, RMIT Storey Hall, VIC (touring nationally) AWARDS 2010 Paul Guest Drawing prize (winner) 2008 Ex Libris Book Award, Artspace Mackay (acquired) 2007 Prometheus Visual Art Award (acquired) Burnie Print Prize, TAS (winner) 2006 Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast QLD (acquired) ABN AMRO emerging artist award (finalist 06) Swan Hill Art Award, Swan Hill, Victoria (acquired 2006) 2003 Fremantle Art Prize, WA (Highly Commended in 2003) 2004 Silk Cut Award, Melbourne (winner 04) COLLECTIONS National Gallery Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Print Council Of Australia, Banyule City Council, Burnie Art Gallery, Wollongong University, Fremantle Arts Centre, Artspace Mackay, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Mildura Arts Centre, Queen Victoria Museum, Parliament House Melbourne, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Charles Sturt University, QUT Art Museum, BHP Billiton Melbourne, ArtBank, AMP Tokyo, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Hamilton Regional Gallery.
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