Jonny Niesche
In his second exhibition with the gallery, Niesche continues his use of archetypal materials such as MDF, voile, aluminum and stainless steel to create his anomalous paintings.
Inspired by Robert Irwin's discs and the Mark Rothko retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Niesche’s paintings extend from their interiors and out across their environment. Colors levitate, metamorphose in a monochromatic fusion, and the paintings defy the static nature of a two-dimensional object fixed on a wall. They come to life and begin to breath in a world outside of painting. We hover above, below, within and around the work; hovering is as much a part of the paintings as their own substance.
Jonny Niesche (b. Sydney, 1972) lives and works in Sydney, Australia. In 2024, he was selected as the Munich Opera Festival artist. Recent solo exhibitions include 1301SW, Sydney (2024); Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (2023); Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2023); Fundación La Nave Salinas, Ibiza (2023), WestLotto, Münster (2022); 1301PE, Los Angeles (2021); The Hole, New York (2021); Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (2021); Starkwhite, Auckland (2020); Station Gallery, Melbourne (2020), Zeller van Almsick, Vienna (2020); Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney (2019); LUNDGREN Gallery, Palme De Mallorca (2019) and Peter Von Kant, London (2017). Niesche’s work has also been included in notable exhibitions in a number of Australian institutions, including Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2019); Casula Powerhouse, Sydney (2019); Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (2019); ArtSpace, Sydney (2017); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2016) and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2016).