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A Slow Waltz: Amarie Bergman; Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; view 1 (left) Cosmic Bodies no. 1, Tasmanian oak (1.9cm diameter rod), paper, wire, synthetic fabric, metal attachments, micro-wire, 48 x 120cm 2018; (right - partial view) Finite Volumes of Infinite Space (white), fabricated laser-cut acrylic, seven 9cm cubes and two oblongs (9 x 5 x 9cm and 9 x 3 x 9cm); 2018; image by Melanie de Ruyter
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A Slow Waltz: Amarie Bergman; Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; view 2 (left – partial view)) Finite Volumes of Infinite Space (white), fabricated laser-cut acrylic, seven 9cm cubes and two oblongs (9 x 5 x 9cm and 9 x 3 x 9cm); (centre) Box Step no. 1, acrylic on linen 30 x 51cm 2018; (right – barely visible) Metallic Dot, tin, plastic, fabricated laser-cut acrylic, 1.9cm diameter 2018; image by Melanie de Ruyter
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A Slow Waltz: Amarie Bergman; Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; detail, Finite Volumes of Infinite Space (white), fabricated laser-cut acrylic, seven 9cm cubes and two oblongs (9 x 5 x 9cm and 9 x 3 x 9cm); image by Amarie Bergman
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A Slow Waltz: Amarie Bergman; Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; Metallic Dot, tin, plastic, fabricated laser-cut acrylic, 1.9cm diameter 2018; image by Melanie de Ruyter
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A Slow Waltz: Amarie Bergman; Sawtooth ARI, Launceston; Shimmering Substance, pigment/pastel and micronised diamonds / freshwater pearls / crystal quartz / mica (all non-toxic, made in France), 75 x 75cm 2018; image by Paul MacGillivary
Exhibition
A Slow Waltz
8 Dec 2018 – 28 Dec 2018
Address
- Level 1
- 160 Cimitiere Street
- Launceston
Tasmania - 7250
- Australia
About
A provocative quote by Kazimir Malevich complemented with recent astrophysical theories about dark energy, dark matter and time are the origin of reductive work by Amarie Bergman that centres on “a pure notion of infinity, given material form.” This purity, transmitted through dimensions and translated by concepts into objects, waltzes around boundaries of perceptions within the volumes of apparently immeasurable space.
A motivating factor for the exhibition this year, with two different site-specific versions at Abstract Project / Paris in September and Sawtooth Artist Run Initiative (ARI) / Launceston in December, is to honour the 139th anniversary of Malevich’s birth. To present the tangible modality of reductive art in the 21st century, while simultaneously celebrating ‘codes’ of Malevich and astrophysics, equates to a metaphysical continuity.
https://www.amariebergman.com/gallery/a-slow-waltz
https://www.amariebergman.com/pages/exhibition-statement-a-slow-waltz
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