Gallery One
Joannou/Cahill
Red Herring
(it’s a matter of difference)
Friday 2- Saturday 17 September
Anthony Cahill and Pollyxenia Joannou have been friends and colleagues for the past three and a half decades and despite being in close contact/discourse over this time, they have never brought their practices together in a collaborative fashion.
So, during regular discussions about their work and where each artist saw their work to be heading, it was decided that they should work on a collaboration called Red Herring.
The aim of this collaboration was to explore what they surmised to be the similarities of each other’s work when exhibited side by side having been sight unseen by the other. It was decided that a theme could be used to give connection, a starting point for the exhibition. This connection was to be based on the subject of ‘shadow’ as both artists felt an affinity to this as a concept and hence, Red Herring was born.
Joannou and Cahill settled on a format, proceeded to their studios and over the past 12 months, have produced this body of work.
Images above: LHS: Anthony Cahill, Cave & Moon #4, 2016, oil on linen, 90 x 90cm. Photo credit: Anthony Cahill. RHS: Pollyxenia Joannou, Shadow Whisper, 2016, oil, pigment on wood, 90 x 90cm. Photo credit: John McRae.
List of Works
Individual panels $2,500/ Diptych (2 panels) $5,000
Panel dimensions: 90 x 90cm
Red Herring #1
Anthony Cahill (left panel)
Cave & Moon #2, 2016
Oil on linen
Pollyxenia Joannou (right panel)
Probable State of Fragility #5, 2016
Oil on wood panel
Red Herring #2
Anthony Cahill (left panel)
Cave, Moon & Duck, 2016
Oil on wood panel
Pollyxenia Joannou (right panel)
Probable State of Fragility #4, 2016
Oil, canvas, cotton thread on wood panel
Red Herring #3
Anthony Cahill (left panel)
Cave & Moon #1, 2015/2016
Oil on wood panel
Pollyxenia Joannou (right panel)
Probable State of Fragility #3, 2016
Oil, wood, calico, rice on wood panel
Red Herring #4
Anthony Cahill (left panel)
Gardens of Stone, 2016
Oil on linen
Pollyxenia Joannou (right panel)
Whisper, 2016
Oil, pastel powder on wood panel
Red Herring #5
Anthony Cahill (left panel)
Cave & Moon #3, 2016
Oil on linen
Pollyxenia Joannou (right panel)
Probable State of Fragility #1, 2015/2016
Oil on wood panel
Red Herring #6
Pollyxenia Joannou (left panel)
Probable State of Fragility #2, 2015/2016
Oil on wood panel
Anthony Cahill (right panel) SOLD
Gardens of Stone & Cave #2, 2016
Oil on wood panel
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