Del Kathryn Barton’s work is almost entirely filled with carefully juxtaposed figures, animal companions and floral accompaniments, and is unimaginably rich and vibrant.

Exhibition Dates: 17 October – 16 November 2013

Del Kathryn Barton’s work is almost entirely filled with carefully juxtaposed figures, animal companions and floral accompaniments, and is unimaginably rich and vibrant. The colour is high in key and the paint applied with great deliberation: while the environment around the figures is dense, worked in hallucinatory clarity, the pale unblemished bodies of the protagonists are the most lightly treated in the composition, with the original drawn lines of Barton’s marker pen delineating the musculature and planes of their perfect flesh.

—Excerpt from: Julie Ewington, Del Kathryn Barton, (Sydney: Piper Press, 2013) pp. 31

Del Kathryn Barton has been exhibiting since 1995. In 2013, Barton was awarded the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Archibald Prize for the second time with a portrait of actor Hugo Weaving. This followed her 2008 Archibald Prize win with You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella. Barton’s recent body of work based on Oscar Wilde’s short story The Nightingale and the Rose was published by Art & Australia in late 2012. The Nightingale and the Rose paintings were exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne in November 2012, and at the Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales from December 2012 to February 2013. Her work is represented in major museum collections in Australia, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart. pressure to the need is Del Kathryn Barton’s third solo exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.

Del Kathryn Barton would like to pass on her gratitude to Tim, Ben and Bianca.

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Del Kathryn Barton pressure to the need, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 203 x 183 cm; enquire
pressure to the need, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
203 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton goes the road, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 203 x 183 cm; enquire
goes the road, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
203 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton of pollen, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 163 x 143 cm; enquire
of pollen, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
163 x 143 cm
Del Kathryn Barton the human dress, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 203 x 183 cm; enquire
the human dress, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
203 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton what you know, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 163 x 143 cm; enquire
what you know, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
163 x 143 cm
Del Kathryn Barton what i am also, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 243 x 183 cm; enquire
what i am also, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
243 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton but my dreams, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 243 x 183 cm; enquire
but my dreams, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
243 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton that is its nature, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 243 x 183 cm; enquire
that is its nature, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
243 x 183 cm
Del Kathryn Barton to hold 1, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 82 x 62 cm; enquire
to hold 1, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
82 x 62 cm
Del Kathryn Barton to hold 5, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 82 x 62 cm; enquire
to hold 5, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
82 x 62 cm
Del Kathryn Barton to hold 2, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 82 x 62 cm; enquire
to hold 2, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
82 x 62 cm
Del Kathryn Barton to hold 3, 2013; synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas; 82 x 62 cm; enquire
to hold 3, 2013
synthetic polymer paint and gouache on polyester canvas
82 x 62 cm
Del Kathryn Barton to love what you give, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
to love what you give, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton but my dreamshome, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
but my dreams
home
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton homeinside another land, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 x 64 cm; (framed); enquire
home
inside another land
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 x 64 cm; (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton the grinding of wingsyou have with himwinged methe stream of , 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
the grinding of wings
you have with him
winged me
the stream of
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton don’t stay downto make life, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
don’t stay down
to make life
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton To find rest, into that river, 2013; Ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 x 64 cm; (framed); enquire
To find rest, into that river, 2013
Ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 x 64 cm; (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton to say lessinto that river, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
to say less
into that river
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton to love what you giveto find rest, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
to love what you give
to find rest
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton hometo say less, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
home
to say less
, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton home, 2013; ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper; 85 × 64cm (framed); enquire
home, 2013
ink, watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on 600gm hot pressed watercolour paper
85 × 64cm (framed)
Del Kathryn Barton no other side, 2013; Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint; 118 x 121.5 cm; enquire
no other side, 2013
Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint
118 x 121.5 cm
Del Kathryn Barton no other side, 2013; Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint; 103 x 105 cm; enquire
no other side, 2013
Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint
103 x 105 cm
Del Kathryn Barton no other side, 2013; Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint; 111 x 114 cm; enquire
no other side, 2013
Italian dupion silk and synthetic polymer paint
111 x 114 cm