indra geidans

something in the air

22 may - 20 june 2015

A south west coast environment of huge skies, filled with abundant bird life and streaming clouds, has inspired Indra Geidans' new figurative paintings.

This exhibition showcases an impressive installation of small studies "that reference the air and sky. The paintings play with the notion of gravity and the threshold space between earth and sky... I have particularly focused on wind currents and the flight patterns of birds associated with the southern coastal hinterland, where I live. Birds as symbols have a long and important history, with different cultures applying their own meanings to bird forms and flight patterns."

Accompanying the studies are several larger-scale paintings featuring women suspended, falling or floating. She ruminates that her skies are not "ideal for human occupation (except in the imagination), yet the figure feigns control and abandonment within this realm. At other points there is a kind of liberation, a disembodiment from her surrounds as well as an intangible connection to the true inhabitants of this space, the birdlife."

Indra Geidans' artworks can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of WA, University of WA, Cruthers Collection, Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University, Central Institute of Technology, Royal Perth Hospital, Bankwest, Federal Law Courts of Australia, BHP Billiton, and the city council collections of Albany, Bayswater, Bunbury, Vincent, Joondalup, Wanneroo and Chengdu in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

freefall oil on canvas 100 x 130cm 2013 $6,600 sold
formation II oil on canvas, cotton thread 76 x 106cm 2014 $4,800	head in the clouds oil on canvas 120 x 88cm 2012 $5,500
updraft oil on canvas 80 x 110cm 2013 $5,000	leap oil on canvas 130 x 100cm 2013 $6,000
caught on the wind oil on canvas, cotton thread 40 x 50cm 2015 $1,700	little wings oil on canvas, cotton thread 180 x 60cm 2015 $5,500
presentiment oil on canvas 76 x 106cm 2015 $4,800
let the wind carry me oil on canvas 170 x 70cm 2015 $5,500	reparation digital print on canvas, cotton thread 51 x 31cm 2015 $600 sold
installation 1: line of flight oil on board, cotton thread dimensions variable [3 elements] 2015 $4,800	installation 2: as the crow flies oil on board, cotton thread dimensions variable [5 elements] 2015 $4,800
in the air series oil on board 21 x 29cm [x25] 2015 $250 each
in the air 1 oil on board, cotton thread 25cm diameter 2015 $250 sold	in the air 2 oil on board, cotton thread 25cm diameter 2015 $250
in the air 3 oil on board 25cm diameter 2015 $250 sold	in the air 4 oil on board, cotton thread 29 x 21cm 2015 $250
in the air 5 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 6 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 7 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 8 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 9 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 10 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 11 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 12 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 13 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 14 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 15 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 16 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 17 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 18 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 19 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 20 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 21 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 22 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 23 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 24 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 25 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 26 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 27 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 28 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 29 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold	in the air 30 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250
in the air 31 oil on board, cotton thread 21 x 29cm 2015 $250	in the air 32 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250 sold
in the air 33 oil on board 21 x 29cm 2015 $250