Transfer Echo | Simon Degroot
24 March - 18 April 2021
Jan Manton Gallery is proud to present Brisbane based artist Simon Degroot in the exhibition Transfer Echo showing from 24 March - 18 April 2021. The exhibition features paintings exploring the expanded interaction and interconnections through the use of Degroot's iconic abstract forms.
Transfer Echo investigates transient and layered abstract shapes which are quintessential to Degoot's practice. Each artwork within the show reveals the nature of these playful forms as they are recontextualised through various applications, colours and materials.
Degroot elaborates on the relationships contained within his series, stating: "This process of mediation and transfer between artworks highlights their formal relationship. Each material manifestation creates a new relationship where meaning is created in the space between works. Through these relationships I can connect with other visual ecologies to create new meaning."
Degroot completed his postgraduate studies at the Queensland College of Art where he was awarded his PhD in 2017 with an exhibition titled, Familiar Beyond Recognition: Translation in Contemporary Abstraction. Degroot has also completed a range of works for entities such as The City of South Perth, Bundaberg Regional Galleries, Queensland Rail, Cairns Regional Council, Brisbane City Council and The Brisbane Hilton.
Opening event photography: Cian Sanders.