Participating Artists
- AM DeBrincat (USA)
- Alex Achaval (USA)
- Alison Mooney
- Alison Smiles
- Amanda Shelsher
- Andrea Fiebig
- Andrew Weir (Germany)
- Angie Goto
- Antonyo Marest (Spain)
- Ariel Katzir
- Beau Bernier Frank (USA)
- Ben Sheers
- Carole King
- Charlie Hurcomb
- Christian Boehmer (Germany)
- Claire Ishino
- Claudio Ethos (BRAZIL)
- Cristina Troufa (Portugal)
- DAIN – NYC
- Danny Gretscher (Germany)
- David Thomas (USA)
- Emanuele Tozzoli (Italy)
- Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak (POLAND)
- Felicia Aroney
- Florian Eymann (France)
- Gentleman’s Game (USA)
- Glendon Cordell
- Go Suga
- Helen Holmes
- Helen Oprey
- Hugo C Aguilar (Mexico)
- Huntoland (Italy)
- Ivan Lovatt
- Jasmine Mansbridge
- Jennifer Gabbay
- Jisbar (France)
- Joachim (Belgium)
- Joan Blond
- John Santucci
- Johnny Romeo
- Jose Ramón Lozano (Spain)
- Juan Arata (GERMANY)
- LOIS HARKIN (UK)
- LORIBELLE SPIROVSKI
- LUCY SCHAPPY (CANADA)
- LUKE LEE (SOUTH KOREA)
- Laura White
- Leigh Pearson
- Leisa Russell
- Luciano Suárez (Spain)
- Marina Gonzalez Eme (Spain)
- Matthew Hance (USA)
- Megan Puls
- Mellissa Read-Devine
- Monique van Steen (Spain)
- Nicholas Osmond
- Patrick McMahon
- Peter-John de Villiers
- Petra Reece
- Philip Bosmans (Belgium)
- Pure Evil (UK)
- Ramona Nordal (Canada)
- Ratur (France)
- Ray Paul (USA)
- Remy Uno (FRANCE)
- Richard Blundell
- Richard Denny
- Robyn Leoni Abbott
- Ryuzo Kojima (Japan)
- SELWAY LAMPARD
- Sally Paxton
- Sarah Svetlana (USA)
- Sckaro (France)
- Skount (Spain)
- Skuja Braden (LATVIA & USA)
- Stikki Peaches (CANADA)
- Todd Romanowycz
- Tom Berenz (USA)
- Troy Brooks (Canada)
- Tyler Scully
- VERITY NUNAN
- Volkano (Germany)
ABIGAEL WHITTAKER – The Vision Splendid
Hosted By 19 Karen
July 31st - August 28th, 2010
Artist Statement
The Vision Splendid is the third solo show from inspiring Brisbane based artist, Abigael Whittaker. Opening Saturday July 31st at 19 Karen Contemporary Art Space, The Vision Splendid illustrates a personal quest described with an honest optimism that is both beautiful and captivating. While Abigael’s preceding bodies of work utilised her signature textile based detailing, it is in The Vision Splendid that this is explored in a most celebratory fashion.
Concentrating here on the ultimate beauty of circumstance, it is Abigael’s use of opulent detailing that communicates this splendid vision in its truest form. With personal symbology intrinsic to the narrative of her work, Abigael refuses to give too much away, as though in this journey its all about her own interpretation, so you the viewer must communicate with it in your own way to gain each piece’s potential revelation. With each composition referencing Abigael’s own interpretation of the Tarot cards from which she drew much inspiration, viewers are invited to approach the works with their own questions about how they hope to reach the ultimate enlightenment – The Vision Splendid.
With a suggestion that it is only through questioning one’s own mortality that a person can truly reach this absolute, a chilling honesty describes a once intoxicating despair remedied only by a belief in the power of positive thought and decisive action.