Doubles and Trebles (Reprise)

Emily Hartley-Skudder & Hamish Coleman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doubles and Trebles was originally conceived as a collaborative project between artists Emily Hartley-Skudder and Hamish Coleman for Ramp Gallery in Hamilton, exhibiting from 24 March - 11 April this year. Doubles and Trebles (Reprise) is a re-presentation of this show.

 

At Ramp Gallery, the project was accurately described thus: "For Doubles & Trebles, Coleman and Hartey-Skudder combine their practices to expand and explore the process of making and the act of viewing. References to representational painting play off against formal qualities; the surface is emphasised and the 'paintings' pose as backdrops, objects, photographs, and shadows on walls.
The artists' studio approaches are deconstructed and begin to fold back into each other - disrupting the viewer's notions of order and completeness, and broadening discourse around the medium of painting by moving beyond the picture plane." 

 

The installation at Ramp Gallery was accompanied by a text commissioned from Ellie Lee-Duncan, entitled The Gamble. Please follow the link to view this essay: http://www.rampgallery.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Essay-Ellie-Lee-Duncan-DoublesTrebles-RampGallery-2019.pdf

 

 

Selected works

 

 

Short Elevated Period

 

Plinth

 

Infinity Mantle

 

Infinity Mantle (detail)

 

Plaskolite Painting

 

Multi Source

 

Silver Velvet Monolith

 

Silver Velvet Monolith (detail)

 

List of works

Short Elevated Period
oil on linen, perspex, wire    700 x 920mm   

Plinth
oil on linen    505 x 273 x 273mm  

Infinity Mantle
inkjet print of hi-res scan, found objects, pine, perspex, urethane resin    1250 x 4000mm

Plaskolite Painting
oil on wall, perspex    600  x 600mm  

Multi Source
oil on linen    205 x 260mm   

Silver Velvet Monolith
oil on canvas, pine, found objects, perspex    1520 x 2103 x 350mm   

All works are collaborative, from 2017


 

Emily Hartley-Skudder making Plaskolite Painting