In a catalogue essay accompanying the exhibition Zooper Dooper at ANU’s Drill Hall Gallery, Anja Loughead contends that Emma Beer’s paintings “explore what, or how little, can constitute a painting. Devoid of symbols or signifiers,” Loughead writes, “the artist creates space for all-allusive feelings.” If much of the interest of seeing Beer’s paintings is in the expansive effects of  interactions – often, intimacies – between colours, textures, and levels of transparency or opacity, then there is also in Loughead’s analysis another set of structuring relationships. These are between forms, on the one hand, and on the other, the embodied experiences we have with and in front of the work. – Erin McFadyen for Artist Profile

Beer’s works are held in the collections of Canberra Museum and Art Gallery collection, as well as collections such as The Macquarie Group Collection, The Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery; The Embassy of Spain, Australia; The National Gallery of Australia: Megalo Archive Collection and numerous private collections throughout Australia, Singapore, Scotland, England, France, and Spain.

Opening event: Saturday 1 October, 2 – 5 pm