Stockroom - 19 KAREN

New Work· Stockroom

Cavernous Lens

Sarah Louise Davey

2017

Ceramic Approx 23 x 23 x 28cm ARTIST STATEMENT The art of making, for me, is very much a response to the human condition of needing to connect to one another, as well as to what lies just beyond the borders of our realities. I am drawn to the idea that art can have the […]

$1500

Star

Yosuke Ueno

2017

Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm ARTIST STATEMENT White and black, light and shadow, yin and yang, and scissors and butterfly… I often use contradictory pairs such as those in my paintings. The pairs appear similarly, but have quite opposite attribution…The other day, I was served sashimi of turban shell for a dinner. That hard […]

$4000

Bitter Thistle, Sweet Rose

Sergio Lopez

2017

(Diptych) Oil on linen mounted on board (Framed) 2 pieces – both 50.8 x 50.8 cm ARTIST STATEMENT All of my “Painted Roses” titles are inspired by flowers. The paintings allude to romance. This painting speaks to the duality of romance in there being ebbs and flows. Sometimes bitter, other times sweet.

$4700

Bloom

Yosuke Ueno

2017

Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm ARTIST STATEMENT White and black, light and shadow, yin and yang, and scissors and butterfly… I often use contradictory pairs such as those in my paintings. The pairs appear similarly, but have quite opposite attribution…The other day, I was served sashimi of turban shell for a dinner. That hard […]

$4000

The Rise and The Fall

Lisa King

2017

Oil, acrylic and liquitex on canvas 100 x 100 cm ARTIST STATEMENT The concept I came up with for my work was “Two divinities who fused into a single immortal “. It’s based around the androgyny. Androgyny and homosexuality are seen in Plato’s Symposium in a myth that Aristophanes tells the audience. People used to […]

$2800

Chikkoi Warrior – Bitter

Erika Sanada

2017

Ceramic, cold finish 7.6 x 5 x 7.6 cm ARTIST STATEMENT My work reflects the weird and the creepy; I am fascinated with the dark side. I use ceramic for making bizarre creatures. They have extra body parts such as multiple arms, legs, teeth and ears.  These are how I express my sensitive mind. For […]

$400

Entangled Wonders – Bitter

Crystal Morey

2017

Porcelain Approx 23 x 10 x 10 cm ARTIST STATEMENT In this first piece I am thinking about how emotions and pure instinct can exist inside of us and not always reach the surface and break through our analytical selves. I am thinking of a dichotomy existing in the self that is both wild and […]

$1700

Bubble Burst

Kirsten Stingle

2017

Hand built porcelain with over 20 layers of ceramic underglazes, slips and stains. Mixed Media: Vintage tufting needles, Italian glass orbs, industrial mastic, paint Approx 35.5 x 40.5 x 15 cm ARTIST STATEMENT Good/bad, win/loss, strong/weak, bitter/sweet: These are seemingly dichotomous elements in which we prescribe opposing value. One we seek, the other we deride […]

$4200

Waiting

Emilio Villalba

2017

Oil on canvas 50.8 x 50.8 cm ARTIST STATEMENT In the most basic sense, I paint portraits. Contemporary representations inspired by master works of the past. With these pieces, I wanted to explore a kind of omnipresent pressure I think we all live under. One that grows out of the clash between humanity —our unique […]

$2900

Je Réveillerai L’aurore

Harold Munoz

2017

Oil on canvas 100 x 100cm ARTIST STATEMENT I try to compose images of strange beauty, alchemy of sweetness and melancholy exalted thoughts. Give the common a high sense, to the finished the appearance of infinity. The women leave quietly, languid, so pale and so beautiful that their flesh becomes transparent blue. I would like […]

$5500

Harmonie Du Soir

Harold Munoz

2017

Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm ARTIST STATEMENT I try to compose images of strange beauty, alchemy of sweetness and melancholy exalted thoughts. Give the common a high sense, to the finished the appearance of infinity. The women leave quietly, languid, so pale and so beautiful that their flesh becomes transparent blue. I would […]

$5500

Bitter Vice

Pippa McManus

2017

Acrylic, charcoal, paint pens, soft pastel & spray paint on canvas 50 x 50cm ARTIST STATEMENT There was a definite shift in my emotional state towards the end of 2016. I’d had a particularly rough year and was coming out the other side of it while creating these two pieces. I was in the perfect […]

$1400

Presence

Hieu Nguyen

2017

Watercolour, gouache, graphite, coloured pencil and ink on Arches paper. 50 x 50cm ARTIST STATEMENT When I thought of “Bitter | Sweet”, I thought of an experience or feeling that encapsulated both — the memory of a late loved one. When we lose someone, our memory of them is plagued with pain and discord in their absence. […]

$1500

Sorrow

Rebecca Leveille

2017

Oil and resin on canvas 50.8 x 50.8 cm ARTIST STATEMENT The elements of toile wallpaper, blue willow china patterns, and candy colored dots carry with them an amalgam of associations, including love, pain, trauma and conflict. The toile wallpaper and the china patterns in her recent work also bring complex cultural associations of domesticity […]

$4600

Night Call

Kildren

2017

Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm ARTIST STATEMENT Night Call – Her nights were more beautiful than your days. The enticing flower that only bloomed at night.. Bitter sweet

$4600

While Looking Elsewhere

Rebecca Leveille

2017

Oil and resin on canvas 50.8 x 50.8 cm ARTIST STATEMENT The elements of toile wallpaper, blue willow china patterns, and candy colored dots carry with them an amalgam of associations, including love, pain, trauma and conflict. The toile wallpaper and the china patterns in her recent work also bring complex cultural associations of domesticity […]

$4600

The Lady Of Lafayette

Sarah Dolby

2017

Oil on aluminium panel 50 x 50 cm ARTIST STATEMENT When approaching these sister paintings I found it almost impossible to separate the Bitter and Sweet completely as I they are so intertwined. The ‘Bitter’ piece ‘The Girl With the Lost Dreams’ portrays a woman standing before, yet being part of, a large painting of […]

$5250

Au plus profond d’elle même

Edith Lebeau

2017

Acrylic and ink on cradled wood panel 50.8 x 50.8 cm ARTIST STATEMENT For the Bitter / Sweet exhibition I created two pieces inspired by the theme of the show but I wanted to do a continuity of my most recent body of work inspired by fears, dark emotions and learning to live with that […]

$1900

Le Tourment

Alexandra Levasseur

2016

Acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on wood 50 x 50 cm ARTIST STATEMENT My work being in part autobiographical, the feminine figures in it naturally satisfy my need to express the anxiety and struggle to understand our short life on earth and find a real powerful meaning to it. In this piece, I want […]

$2400

L’Extase

Alexandra Levasseur

2016

Acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on wood 50 x 50 cm ARTIST STATEMENT The representation of women in my work serves me as a universal symbol to illustrate an array of human emotions. Here I want to represent softness, pleasure and comfort. The figure is blending in the landscape giving the sensation of a […]

$2400

Strawberry

Kazuhiro Hori

2016

Acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm ARTIST STATEMENT Japanese Junior High and High School Girls – recognizable by their school uniform – are living a dazzling and radiant existence. Surrounded by fashion, music, cute things, and sweet confections they like; they smile together and spend their time with their friends. But, at the same […]

$2700

Humours Dark Embrace

Dean McDowell

2015

30 x 60cm Acrylic on canvas

$1200

The Bird

Agostino Iarcurci

2014

Acrylic on canvas 130 x 200 cm

$12000

Untitled 1

Agostino Iarcurci

2014

Acrylic on wood (sculpture) 44.5 (W) x 54 (H) cm

$1950

Peace

Dana Ellyn

2014

Acrylic on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm

$1600

To Bee Or Not To Bee

Dana Ellyn

2013

Acrylic on canvas 50.8 x 91.4cm cm

$550

House Guest

Luke Yocum

2012

Acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm (from private collection)

$POA

Clase Guerra/Class War

Luke Yocum

2012

Acrylic on canvas 100 x 130 cm (from private collection)

$POA

Hipster Twister

Luke Yocum

2012

Acrylic on canvas 130 x 100 cm (from private collection)

$POA

Blue Chip

Luke Yocum

2012

Acrylic, oil + silk screen + spray paint on canvas A collaboration with American pop artist, Todd Lim 130 x 165 cm (from private collection)

$POA