Distorting Time
Paterson’s latest body of work, Distorting Time, explores the elasticity of the passing years - the breakneck speed of growing children; the languid pace of changing landscapes, through a day or a season; the momentum of a well-told story.
Returning to the themes of nostalgia and storytelling, Paterson reflects on the landscapes of childhood, their movement and changes. The work oscillates between fast-paced gestural abstraction and a painstaking layering of paints across weeks and months. Time is distorted, stretched and skipped. -northgallery
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The exhibition celebrates Allister’s deep and enduring connection with the bush landscape that surrounds Mansfield, Victoria. Revelling in memory and a parade of unsavoury characters, the work is filled with laconic humour and nostalgia. ‘In Times’ journeys from Melbourne’s inner north, acutely observing the friction found in Fitzroy’s bar flies and snow bunnies landing amongst the country roads to nowhere.
Another State of Lapse.
My nature is constant change, undefined, layers of recognisable and the unrecognisable.
‘The nature of my lapse is to shift into brief or temporary disconnection of concentration and or judgement, to exist in the motion of action painting, a gestural visual language and draw on generic memory to be represented at an interval or passage of time.’
Allister Paterson’s works will provide a visual exploration, marrying the nature of one’s self within the nature of landscapes captured.
Allister moves instinctively with a frequency at which layers captured are more spread out, swift and appear moving when compared to the frequency and sequence typically used to capture a more refined explanation of what is being seen in the Australian landscape.
Allister gives further insight to this method of creativity with a reference to his child like enjoyment of watching a landscape pass by at speed, and the ability to recognise this in image blur whilst being able to combined or transition out, to recognisable forms .
‘When viewed I want to see my landscapes as they appear whilst incorporating change, movement and thus lapsing state’.
“ I’m happiest taking this depiction beyond a moving vehicle and have works exist in a lapse at a single reference point, and working with bridging the lapse of season, light and a landscapes movement’.
Allister Paterson provides a unique insight into ones connection with the nature of landscape painting. Without doubt on the way to being recognised as an important addition to the countries notable landscape painters.
Burton Project Darlinghurst NSW
32 Burton Street, Darlinghurst
Another State of Lapse will open on the 8th of November from 5:00pm to 9pm.
Saturday through to Monday 12pm-4pm
or by appointment.
Proudly sponsored by Bodriggy Brewing Co. and Terindah Estate
2016 The Australian Art Show 8th-11th September
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2016 Allister Paterson -Recent Works April 25 to May 23rd
2014 Paddington Art Prize NSW Finalist.
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2013 Signal Fault Exhibition Mansfield Victoria.
Moia Sound and art show. Smartartz Gallery. South Melbourne, Melbourne.
2012 Dusty Whirly Art Prize, Melbourne Victoria.
Contemporary Site Investigations & Flinders street station. Mail RoomBehind the Clocks
2011 Krasnapolsky Contemporary Art, St Kilda, Victoria.
Residencies
2023 - Present North Gallery
2015 - 2020 Artist in Residence: Marfa Gallery
2014 Artist in Residence: Rupert St. Studios CollingwoodMelbourne
2012 Artist in Residence :The Aivery Studio