Erin Lawlor, JAZZ BABY, 2023. Oil on linen, 200 x 300cm. Courtesy: the artist and Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland.

This is the fourth solo exhibition that the galleries have made with Erin Lawlor, and her paintings have been included in important projects with the gallery including Raven (Sydney & Auckland), Plastic Soul (Auckland), and Portrait Without a Face (Tokyo).

“Though there is a deep conceptual cohesion to Lawlor’s practice, her paintings possess an extraordinary capacity to reach across a panorama of identities. These paintings can be simultaneously lyrical and alluring, yet the seductive invitation they extend comes with a ‘fine print’ of peril. The risk of such committed ‘alla prima’ performances is undeniably hazardous to notions of certainty.

This exposure is just one of the things that I admire about Erin and her work. Each time I have been in the studio in London I understand just a little more, the amount of risk that in involved in this open expression, this wilful vow of commitment to painting and its communicative clout.” – Andrew Jensen, 2024.

Opening Event: Thursday 8 February, from 5.30pm.

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