Perlustrata No.1

Amarie Bergman

28 Mar–14 Apr 2018

In Perlustrata No. 1, a translucent, snow-white textile configured a pleated line in a phenomenological intervention of geometric simplicity. The line took the form of a three-dimensional double curve within Blindside's Gallery Two, redefining its architectural space.

This was the first work in a series of reductive objects having a poise, not unlike the stillness between two thoughts. It tangentially honoured the 920th anniversary of the birth of Hildegard von Bingen, a visionary saint who always seemed to be perlustrata – shining with light.

Perlustrata no. 1
Amarie Bergman

Onsite, Exhibition

Overview

Key Dates

Opening: 29 Mar 2018, 7am–9am

Acknowledgment

This program takes place on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded - this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging, to the Elders from other communities and to any other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders who might encounter or participate in the program.

Biographies

Amarie Bergman formulates and makes reductive art. Born in Edmonton, northern Canada, she has been exhibiting art since 1980 with recent solo shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Paris. Bergman’s artistic evolution was first documented in an interview on artSPACE; her works are featured in corporate and private collections. Bergman is also a contributing writer for the New York based publication, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art and lives/works in Melbourne.

Credits

molo designed softwall supplied by Seeho Su, Surrey Hills, Sydney

gratitude to Joyce Seeho, Nicola McClelland and Paul MacGillivary