Brock Q. Piper - Travelling Light - 2017

Brock Q. Piper, Gravity Showdown (2017), Mixed media on canvas, 180 x 180cm

TRAVELLING LIGHT BROCK Q. PIPER 19 OCTOBER - 4 NOVEMBER 2017

TRAVELLING LIGHT BROCK Q. PIPER PREVIEW CATALOGUE Opening Night: Thursday 19 October, 6 - 8pm 19 October - 4 November 2017, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm 76 Paddington St Paddington NSW 2021 RSVP 02 9660 7799 Travelling Light presents the latest work by emerging Australian artist Brock Q. Piper, and marks his first solo exhibition in Sydney. The title of the exhibition, Travelling Light, refers to the ironic weightlessness of things that weigh heavy on our mind.

Brock Q. Piper's work takes inspiration from archetypal spirituality, using animals in motion to portray emotions or memories. This particular body of work is based on his experiences growing up in country NSW and explores the image of the birds as a metaphor for human memories. The fleeting moment of a bird plucked from the sky mid-flight can be likened to the way in which memories are experienced. Fragments that come and go from our present; appearing, then lost again. They seem to twist and change and reform in our minds, barely tangible and constantly evolving with the addition of time and experience.

“I want to make paintings that have a personal resonance for each viewer; that stir up the past and make them think and feel. I want the paintings to take on a life of their own and to have a soul. I want them to "live" with you." - Brock Q. Piper on his artistic intentions.

Travelling Light is an ambitious and visually striking exhibition; a melange of dazzling colours and forms that leap from the canvas, reach out and pull you in.

Travelling Light opens on Thursday 19 October 2017, 6 – 8pm, and runs until Saturday 4 November 2017.

BROCK Q. PIPER Brock Q. Piper (b. 1985) currently lives and works in Melbourne, VIC. Growing up on a farm nestled in the valleys of the snowy mountains, he was taught oil painting by his grandmother at the age of four. Piper's work is a personal reflection of his life experiences, aimed at discovering truth through an exploration of time, death, shamanism and nature.

Brock Q. Piper on his practice; "Growing up in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, I have always been fascinated by birds in flight. The way they fold themselves, twist and contort their colourful bodies to float effortlessly through the trees. A blur in time, caught in another realm, between the past and the present.

Memories are similarly experienced. Fragments that come and go from our present, appearing, then lost again. They seem to twist and change and reform in our minds, barely tangible, constantly evolving with the addition of time and experience.

I am looking to create a visual poem through my work. Attempting to will the birds out of mid air, to grapple with them mid-flight. Working the image up in layers to allow the forms to evolve and dissolve on the canvas. As an exploration of self, I am dissecting my life as if it were a specimen pinned down to be examined, twisted and manipulated into its final resolution.

For me, the act of painting is one of dredging the past. A way of forging a visual story by conjuring history. It is a cathartic act of interpreting and understanding self and lived experiences. There is a little part of you that gets left behind in the work, like a shard of your soul embedded within the layers of paint."

Artist Brock Q. Piper

Myth (2017) Mixed media on canvas 80 x 80cm

Blankets and brilliance (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

Echoes and bones (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

Grief of what’s given (the price of it all) (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

There’s only interiors left in exploitation (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

Momentary sediment (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

Mute (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

Self taught (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

The evacuation from flight (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

The last Summer (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

The patience of tearing yourself apart (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

The way it’s found (2017) Mixed media on canvas 140 x 140cm

An evening of impromptu sanctuary (2017) Mixed media on canvas 160 x 160cm

Ornithology (tragedy in its freedom) (2017) Mixed media on canvas 160 x 160cm

Gravity showdown (2017) Mixed media on canvas 180 x 180cm

ARTIST CV

BROCK Q. PIPER

EXHIBITIONS 2017 Travelling Light, Piermarq, Sydney (solo) 2017 Loribelle Spirovski + Brock Q Piper, Metro Gallery, Melbourne VIC (solo) 2016 Rodeo Sideshow, Piermarq, NSW (group) 2016 Fenton and Fenton, Prahan, VIC (Representation) 2016 19 Karen Contempory Gallery, Mermaid Beach, QLD (Representation) 2015 Colours of Melbourne, Waterfront Gallery, Docklands, VIC (Group show) 2015 Emerging Art, Gallery 69, Melbourne, VIC (Group show) 2015 Opening, Stone Saint Moon, Newcastle, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2015 Occupy, Project Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Group show) 2015 Enter:EXILE, Brunswick Arts, Melbourne, VIC (Solo Exhibition) 2014 Portals + Poison, Howlin’ Wolf Artbar, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2014 Illawarra Showcase, Tortuga Gallery, Sydney, NSW (Group Exhibition), as a part of ART MONTH 2014 While we forget to sleep, Howlin’ Wolf Artbar, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2014 sketchbook showcase- 99, Beach-Art Gallery, Bulli, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2013 one night from yesterday, Alibi Artbar and Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2013 observations from EXILE, Global Gallery, Sydney, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2013 Stock Room Showcase, Global Gallery, Sydney, NSW (Group Show) 2013 EXILED, Alibi Artbar and Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2013 awkward fumblings of a failed relationship, Studio 19, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2012 URBAN, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (Group Show) 2012 animals in EXILE, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (Solo Exhibition) 2012 Handwriting, Gallery 9, Wollongong, NSW (Group Show) 2012 Record Day, Gallery 9, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2011 animals in EXILE, Gallery 9, Wollongong, NSW (Solo Exhibition) 2008 Ververy - Grad show, Project Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Group Show) 2008 Drawn - Drawing exhibition, Project Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Group Show) 2008 Cluster, Project Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Group Show) 2008 Outdoor Art Show, Old Parliament House lawn Gallery, Canberra, ACT (Group Show) 2007 In Print - Printmaking exhibition, Project Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (Group Show) 2007 Outdoor Art Show, Old Parliament House lawn Gallery, Canberra, ACT (Group Show)

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