indra geidans

disclosed

7 october - 5 november 2011

In this new body of work Indra Geidans continues an exploration into psychological states, highlighting the tension between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

She has a pre-occupation with what lies just beneath the surface of our everyday existence.

The figures in the paintings are often veiled by their own garments giving few clues as to their emotional state. This in turn transforms the body into a generic being, an anybody or everybody. These are figures trapped within themselves. These paintings are projections of our fears and our anxieties that hint at malaise and vulnerability. They speak of the spaces between situations. They exist as fragments of time in between moments with figures moving between inside and outside, light and shadow.

Indra uses tangible objects outside of the picture plane in some paintings, such as threads and fabrics, which hint at the meeting point between reality and illusion.

These images invite the viewer to breach the often uncomfortable space between voyeurism and contemplation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sleight of hand oil on canvas, string 36 x 51cm 2011 $1,700
inside out oil on canvas, cotton 100 x 75cm 2011 $4,800 sold	inside winter oil on canvas 120 x 150cm 2010 $9,900
inside out II oil on linen, fabric 110 x 80cm 2011 $5,000	remnant oil on canvas, fabric, cotton 102 x 53cm 2011 $2,000
within without oil on canvas 122 x 88cm 2011 $5,500	the back step oil on canvas 110 x 80cm 2011 $5,000
underhand oil on canvas, pantyhose 55 x 40.5 + 45 x 60.5cm 2011 $3,500	at hand oil on canvas, string 41 x 30.5cm 2011 $1,300
inside out III oil on canvas, cotton, fabric 60 x 76cm 2011 $2,800	sleight of hand II oil on canvas, wool 41 x 51cm 2011 $1,850
undraped oil on canvas 50.5 x 71cm 2011 $2,400 sold	unkempt oil on canvas, buttons, cotton 51 x 41cm 2011 $1,800
inclination oil on linen 80 x 110cm 2010 $5,000	trinity oil on canvas 110 x 80cm 2011 $5,000
sutured oil on canvas, cotton 40 x 50cm 2011 $1,800