SPECULATIVE REALMS
Tricky Walsh
15 May to 1 August 2021
Gallery 1 & 2
Tricky Walsh was born just down the road from Latrobe Regional Gallery – in Moe. The artist’s work arrives in Morwell now – at a time when our town is looking to move onto new futures.
Walsh’s work asks us to consider other possible models, other possible realms in which our world could be seen and made. The artist is interested in mathematics and science, particularly contemporary science that contemplates ideas such as the fourth dimension.
In works on paper, sculptures and sound compositions, Walsh pulls together the world of mysticism and scientific reasoning. Walsh’s combination of fact and fiction creates the possibility for proposals for a new future.
IMAGE:
1. Tricky Walsh, A Crack In The Membrane, 2019, Gouache and watercolour on paper, 102 x 72, Courtesy of the artist.
2. Speculative Realms: Tricky Walsh, Exhibition documentation, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2021.
3. Tricky Walsh, The Curie (Marie), 2020, Acrylic, flashe on linen, 138 x 122 cm, Courtesy of the artist. (left) Tricky Walsh, The Ride (Sally), 2020, Acrylic, flashe on linen, 138 x 122 cm, Courtesy the artist & Mars Gallery, Melbourne. (right) Shown at Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2021.
4. In order left to right: Tricky Walsh, Plane, Point, Line and Space, 2019/2020, Acrylic and pencil on linen, 91 x 86 cm each, Courtesy the artist & Mars Gallery, Melbourne. Shown at Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2021.
5. Speculative Realms: Tricky Walsh, Exhibition documentation, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2021. Pictured: Tricky Walsh, The Mirzakhani (Miryam), The Hopper (Grace) and The Johnson (Katherine), 2020, Gouache on paper, 123 x 53 cm each, Courtesy the artist. (left) Tricky Walsh, Broken Symmetries, 2019, Flashe, acrylic, gouache on paper, 300 x 450 cm, Courtesy the artist. (back wall)
6. Speculative Realms: Tricky Walsh, Exhibition documentation, Latrobe Regional Gallery, 2021.
7. Tricky Walsh, The transmission of star stuff, 2014, Timber, balsa, hand etched acrylic, lights, audio, Courtesy Andy Dinan, Melbourne.