Seven (un)clear signs

Seven (un)clear signs 

September 23 - October 10
Level 1, 119 Hopkins St, Footscray
Wed-Sat 12-5pm

Ought I say, “I shall take you, take you to the gate”?  Yet I fear being too demanding.  Brought low, brought low.  I pray you be brought high, brought high.  By seven signs, some I have seen, some I have heard, some I have made, some of mere longing.  Thus gently I invite, “Come and see, taste and see.”

James Murnane completed his BA(FA) at RMIT University in 2006, and lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.  His practice focuses upon the transcendent capacity of visual and spatial encounters.  James and his wife recently undertook a month long residency at La Fragua, Belalcazar, in the province of Cordoba, Spain, after travelling the country encountering the depth of its sacred art, architecture and festivals.

So near, 2015, acrylic on board, 70x65cm



Leaning into, 2015, acrylic on linen, 56x41cm

A poor King, 2015, acrylic on linen, 56x41cm

Plentiful, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 30x20cm

Two by two, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Delta, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x30cm

Pillar, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Untitled, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Gently grasped, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Form me, 2015, acrylic on Japanese Magnolia, 30x20cm

Broad bright, 2015, acrylic on linen, 56x56cm

Striving to be, 2015, acrylic on linen, 87x183cm

Brief, 2014, acrylic on Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm

Awaited, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm

A meeting, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm

Impart, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 30x20cm

Three by three, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x30cm

Acknowledgement, 2015, acrylic on Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Untitled, 2014, acrylic on Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm (Acquired)

Seven steps, 2015, acrylic on linen, 38.5x61.5cm

Light touch, 2015, acrylic on board, 40x25cm

Brush, 2014, acrylic on linen, 31x31cm


August/September - recent work

Leaning into, 2015, acrylic on linen, 56x41cm

Pillar, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm

Untitled, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm

Untitled, 2015, acrylic on carved Japanese Magnolia, 20x15cm