If Walls Could Talk

Join us in the gallery on Thursday 6th February between 6-8 PM as we open Belinda's solo exhibition If Walls Could Talk.

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Exhibition Statement

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If walls could talk is a body of work that explores the themes of degeneration and regeneration within urban environments. Inspired by the dynamic street scapes of cities such as Sydney, New York, Berlin, and London, the artist is captivated by the ephemeral process of street posters being repeatedly applied and removed, symbolising the constant cycle of change. Skyring uses a layering process to explore the transient nature of life, which is not limited to traditional representation, but rather a reflection of incidental marks made through daily activity.

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Here a painting can be found within a scribble on a wall, a flashing street light or a collage of ripped posters. Through a rich accumulation of marks and layers, the artist evokes a sense of place where the interaction of time and the elements leaves its indelible traces.

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Artist Biography

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Belinda Skyring is an emerging artist working in Sydney and the Hawkesbury region. In 2022 Belinda graduated from the National Art School in Sydney with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in painting and drawing. She also holds a Bachelor of Design from Western Sydney University (1992) and was a senior designer in various design firms in Sydney for over 20 years. If walls could talk is Belinda’s first solo show since graduating from NAS.

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In her work Belinda explores the materiality of paint and mixed media. She uses charcoal, spray paint, oil stick, acrylic and oil paint on large unstretched canvases placed on the studio floor. A range of tools including spray bottles, brushes, mops, brooms, squeegees, scrapers, palette knives and paint rollers are used to create many layers which are both added and subtracted at various stages. An instinctual process of reactive gestures and manipulation of materials creates a history of marks representing everyday surfaces and their interaction with daily life. In this abstract space Belinda explores the junction between process and meaning, where layers of marks and textures act like an urban fossil capturing the history of inhabitants within a familiar place.

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