1301SW and Neon Parc now representing Diena Georgetti

Since the late 1980s, Diena Georgetti has developed a distinct and conceptually rich painting practice focused on collecting and recontextualising the aesthetics and ideologies of 20th century Modernism. Utilising images, patterns, language and motifs, Georgetti creates connections via combinations; maps of mycelium threading the initial disparity of some compilations, now holistically ignited by their associations. Georgetti searches for unique gestures, be it in the form of the Italian language — as seen in her early blackboard works — to the more literal, where she questions the very mark making process, exploring different materials and techniques to develop the well-worn path of painting. Her diverse visual references explore fashion, architecture, design and advertising in collaboration with the Cannon of art, extending this coupling of conceptual and physically idiosyncratic approach of compiling, editing, exploring, questioning and rearranging to create masterfully alluring abstract paintings. But all of this is an ode to her lifelong love affair with art, Georgetti’s intuitive process of dismantling conventions is to get to the heart of art, to fall even deeper for it. Akin to Dub music, where the original is significantly manipulated in order to offer emphasis to distinct elements (the heart?), along with the application of new effects — Georgetti has echo and reverb. By acknowledging, loving and manipulating these contributions beyond her own context, Georgetti taps into universal themes that resonate across cultures and generations, fostering a sense of connection within collective aesthetic consciousness.

Georgetti lives and works in Melbourne; in 2008 her survey exhibition The Humanity of Abstract Painting: A survey exhibition 1988-2008, was held at both Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Recently her work has been exhibited in a number of institutions across Australia and further afield, including: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2023); Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland (2022); National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2021); Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne (2019); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2017); Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2016); and Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne (2017). Georgetti has been collected by a number of significant public collections, including: the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland.

Georgetti is jointly represented by 1301SW, Sydney and Neon Parc, Melbourne.

Georgetti will participate in 1301SW/STARKWHITE’s Sydney Contemporary 2024 presentation, 1301SW Sydney’s inaugural exhibition, opening this September as well as a major solo exhibition at Neon Parc Brunswick in October 2024.