Plastic Soul brings together paintings by artists whose work insinuates deliberate sonic qualities, qualities that appear to invite a broader sensory experience. Though it is unlikely that each painter sets out with synaesthetic ambitions, you do get the sense that assonance finds its way in somehow, and that these artists open the door for it.

The nature of the sonic undertones between each of these painters is clearly very different – from Knoebel’s glorious Be-Bop agitation to Delaere’s fierce, physical and jagged feedback – but each painting delivers an undeniable audible dimension – even if Umberg’s paintings in particular, approach statistical silence.

The exhibition includes mesmerising paintings by Mark Francis, Hanns Kuniztberger, Erin Lawlor and Todd Hunter, and whilst the energy, pitch and tempo couldn’t be more contrasting, any dissonance will feel temporary.

Fox Jensen opens their new Sydney gallery with this exhibition.
FOX JENSEN cnr Brennan & McEvoy Streets, Alexandria 2015 +61 421 753 906

Imi Knoebel, Cut Up 16, 2011. Acrylic on aluminium, 230.5 x 287 x 19.8 cm