Annika Koops: Bump Function

Overview

The tiny, non-profit gallery aptly named CAVES on Swanston street is hosting an exhibition of the work of Annika Koops, kicking off on February 5 and running until February 27. Koops, just FYI, is prolific homegrown artist whose work has been exhibited across Australia and who manages to combine the enviable attributes of being technically brilliant and precise with an ideologically broad and abstract practice.

Koops has grown a name for herself through her hyperreal still-life painting and portraiture. Bump Function promises to continue Koops’ manifesto while looking at the interaction of man and machine — albeit with a slight twist. It explores the digital realm and the tools and patterns used to navigate and describe it as a starting point, but they are then reimagined as analogue in her native medium of oil painting. The result is a slick combo of the ironic internet art that’s so popular nowadays with the classic precision of oil painting. The pieces will be accompanied by an essay by Liang Luscombe and we can’t wait to see what they’ve got.