GILL ALLDERMAN. ON INTERPLAY.
The Gap Between (I and II)
Paint on board
32.5 x 32.5 cm
Framed.
Where Strangers Meet in Water
Diptych
Oil & acrylic on canvas
82.5 x 82.5 cm
Framed
Gill Allderman is a contemporary artist working primarily in mixed media, exploring themes of movement, history, and belonging.
Her work is created in series, each unfolding a narrative through texture, colour, and structure
Gill has exhibited locally and internationally, her works reflect a balance between concept, abstraction, and storytelling, always searching for meaning in the spaces we cross and inhabit.
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The works presented from Where Strangers Meet in Water interrogate the ocean as a contested space of passage, foregrounding the precarious conditions under which bodies traverse it. Through the recurring motif of the boat and the use of repeated, tally-like marks, Allderman invokes temporal systems associated with waiting, counting, and survival—gestures that allude to experiences of confinement, migration, and crisis.
The smaller works extend this inquiry through the physical extraction of paint from the surface, where absence becomes a generative device. Here, subtraction operates as both formal strategy and conceptual register, indexing loss, displacement, and the instability of presence.
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Proud to be part of this group exhibition . Thank you Theresa and Leigh at Artvark Gallery . And to the chef at the Courtyard for the most delicious gnocchi 👌