In his third solo show with Despard Gallery, Tasmania artist Josh Foley has developed a new body of work that examines the materiality of paint and the plasticity of popular imagery. Inspired by an ongoing interest in how painting can alter personal perception, Foley draws from a variety of traditional and contemporary subject matter, including landscape and still life.
Rendered through a combination of both oil and acrylic, Foley creates a visually complex world where compositions remain in a constant state of transformation. Considered through a contemporary lens of visual manipulation and artifice, historical worlds appear to spring to life, churning from the visual conflict that erupts between representation and abstraction. Through paint, Foley’s work re-evaluates a world of excess that is saturated with information, transforming the familiar into a feast for visual consumption.
ARTIST INTERVIEW
Listen to Josh reflect on his latest series paintings and discuss how his distinctive aesthetic approach aims to shift how familiar subject matter is experienced and seen.
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EXHIBITION IMAGES
#1 JOSH FOLEY Food Pyramid C.1652 2021 Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm SOLD
#2 JOSH FOLEY Blood of Christa 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 61 x 76 cm $4,950.00
11 JOSH FOLEY Maison Folie 2021 oil and acrylic on canvas 153 x 1347 cm SOLD
#8 JOSH FOLEY Moonrise over Tutankhamen's Farm 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 76 x 101 cm $6,500.00
#3 JOSH FOLEY Ding, Dong, Dell... (Les Fleurs du mal) 2021 Oil & synthetic polymer on canvas 101 x 96 cm $6,750.00
#12 JOSH FOLEY Soiree at the Rothschilds 2021 Oil & acrylic on board 120 x 90cm SOLD
#5 JOSH FOLEY Viper Jazz 2021 Oil & acrylic on board 120 x 90 cm $6,950.00
#4 JOSH FOLEY Bad Algorithms 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 61 x 92 cm $5,500.00
#6 JOSH FOLEY Universe 2021 Oil & acrylic on board 60 x 90 cm SOLD
#7 JOSH FOLEY The Spectre of Volatile Appearances (Trophy Landscape III) 2021 Oil & synthetic polymer on canvas 138 x 112 cm $7,750.00
#16 JOSH FOLEY Monet 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 61 x 75 cm $4,950.00
#15 JOSH FOLEY Stockhausen (As cunning as a brick house pig) 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 60 x 80 cm $4,950.00
#14 JOSH FOLEY Hofmann 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 61 x 76 cm $4,950.00
#13 JOSH FOLEY Mind Shells 2021 Oil & acrylic on canvas 61 x 45 cm $4,250.00
#18 JOSH FOLEY 18 In The Realm Of A Dying Sun 2021 Oil, acrylic, synthetic polymer, ink and epoxy on board 120 x 99 cm $6,950.00
JOSH FOLEY Pleasure Ground 2020 oil on canvas 111 x 136 cm SOLD
#9 JOSH FOLEY Petit dejeuner avec Jean des Esseintes 2020 Oil & acrylic on linen 60 x 92cm $5,500.00
#17 Ghosts 2021 Oil, acrylic and ink on board
60 x 90 cm $5,500.00
DIGITAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
GALLERY VIEWS
Josh Foley - Gallery View
Josh Foley - Gallery View
Josh Foley - Gallery View
Josh Foley - Gallery View
Josh Foley - Gallery View
Josh Foley - Gallery View
VIRTUAL VIEWING ROOM
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