Del Kathryn Barton

electro orchid

Driven by her curiosity, Del Kathryn Barton explores new mediums and technologies that connect to her symbolic language of femininity, folklore and the cosmos. This exhibition presents a new series of paintings, digital collages and drawings that take us on a journey to imagined worlds.

Exhibition Dates: 13 November – 13 December 2014
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of pink planets, 2014
acrylic on french linen
263 x 203 cm

a pattern of houses, 2014
acrylic on linen
83.5 x 68 cm

Shiny girl, 2014
acrylic on french linen
83.5 x 68 cm

is the energy, 2014
acrylic on linen
83.5 x 68 cm

it was very light, may i be very light, 2014
acrylic on linen
83.5 x 68 cm

Shiny, 2014
acrylic on french linen
83.5 x 68 cm

mother web, 2014
acrylic on linen
83.5 x 68 cm

of childhood dreams (a place to stand), 2014
archival pigment ink on rag
130 x 92 cm
Edition of 5

of childhood dreams (a place to rest), 2014
archival pigment ink on rag
130 x 92 cm
Edition of 5

beneath a pattern of houses , 2015
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

time is the energy a pattern of houses a pattern of houses … of one person, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

like normal people, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

anything for you orbit around beneath a pattern of houses proud body open to the night, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

beasts inside her a lifted cup may i, beneath your roof secret riversu2026 if we rose,, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

of moaning that began to spread contact points beyond the general perception spidered between without edge…, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

what flows through you also flows through me, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
76 x 56 cm

to choose the wine the monster of must see electro orchid brief fruit, 2014
ink and acrylic on hot pressed paper
82 x 60.5 cm

mud monster, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

urge to destroy, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

may i bear mighty fruit, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

electro orchid, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

may i bloom primitive, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

may i fuck the flower, 2014
gouache and ink on hot pressed paper
60.5 x 82 cm

Del Kathryn Barton i wanted to build a bed for all the tired beds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019

Del Kathryn Barton the highway is a disco
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2017-18

Del Kathryn Barton soft river yr girl
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Del Kathryn Barton angel dribble
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Del Kathryn Barton electro orchid
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014

Group Show, The Gold Award
Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD, 2014

Del Kathryn Barton Dark Heart
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 2014

Del Kathryn Barton pressure to the need
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013

Del Kathryn Barton Archibald Prize
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2013

Group Show, Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2012

Del Kathryn Barton
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012

Del Kathryn Barton satellite fade-out
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Group Show, Optimism (i am flesh again)
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2008