Esther Stewart: Geometric Colour

Overview

My high school art teacher would call Esther Mitchell a sicko. She thought it of all hard-edge artists, and I suppose I can understand. The process must be painstaking — forever trying to remove any trace of the artist's hand. The artwork's final sheen harbouring no trace of free movement or sporadic whim. But there's something beautiful to it as well. The clean lines, the methodically organised colour — it's a perfectionist's dream.

It's clear to see this beauty in Esther Mitchell's work, and her new exhibition, Geometric Colour, should be no exception. In a dynamic fusion of art, craft, and design, Mitchell creates bold and entrancing works that explore the relationship between — you guessed it — geometry and colour. But through these simple means, the work also explores the nature of objects as a whole. Each artwork breaks down the visual plane into seemingly disparate elements and exposes how they are able to interact and bounce off one another.

Far from what you may have learnt in Year 10 mathematics, geometry can in fact be engaging, and this new exhibition is your best chance to embrace it.