'New Works By' – Stephen Brameld & Jay Staples
Thursdays and Saturdays, 10am to 5pm Thursday 3 April to Saturday 26 April
Opening drinks: Thursday 3 April, 6pm to 8pm
Art Leven announces New Works By, a solo exhibition by Walyalup (Fremantle) artist duo Stephen Brameld and Jay Staples, recipients of the 2024 Art Leven award as part of the Paddington Art Prize.
As self-taught artists practicing in painting, sculpture and video, Brameld and Staples simultaneously work on the same artwork until they reach a point of mutual recognition.
Their work explores improvisation, shared consciousness, regeneration and mysticism through a rugged workshop-like approach to painting and sculpting, using a wide array of materials. Their collaborative input works to destabilise falling into tendency or idiosyncrasy. Because of this, linear productions of work are not tenable. Rather visual themes emerge overtime; dissonant narratives gradually come into focus and expand through collections of work.
Their unique artistic collaboration will be showing from April 3 - 26 2025 at Art Leven.