Open hours:
Thursday 27: 6pm - 8pm
Friday 28: 10am - 6pm
Saturday 1: 10am - 4pm
Sunday 2: 10am - 2pm
Monday 3: 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 4: 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 5: 10am - 6pm
Where: Gallery 2, Field Trip Gallery
1 Latrobe Tce, Paddington
When: Feb 27 - March 5
Opening event: Thursday 27th 6 - 8pm
EDGEWORK brings together the work of Meanjin (Brisbane)-based artists Emily Devers and Jo Isabel Klima, whose individual practices investigate the concept of visual thresholds — the elusive spaces where boundaries dissolve, and definition presents in unexpected ways. Through their distinct yet complementary approaches, this exhibition invites viewers to consider how we navigate the intersections of object and space, light and material, the image and the non-image.
Emily Devers’ work examines the overlooked encounters that shape our experience of public and private spaces. As a commercial mural artist and brand designer, Emily possesses a nuanced understanding of how images influence perception. However, her art practice diverges from the distillation of graphics, instead opening her up to the freedom of the expansive picture plane. She uses the backgrounds of found images, or the “non-image”, to divide and organise space in her painted compositions. She’s particularly compelled by the slippage between object and space within an image, and how this can be explored with paint.
Jo Isabel Klima’s practice reflects a fascination with the inherent qualities of light, and how this can be explored through materials like acrylic and glass — their ability to transform light, shift perception, and evoke emotional resonance. Jo’s works embrace transparency, colour, pattern, diffusion and reflection to navigate the thresholds between presence and absence. Her practice celebrates the quiet value of everyday observations, transforming them into luminous moments that straddle the line between natural and architectural forms.
Together, Emily and Jo present a dialogue on visual thresholds as small moments of potential in a gallery setting. The show invites viewers to engage with the slippages between various boundaries - where materials, images, and moments shift, overlap, and transform. Each artist’s approach to visual thresholds sparks contemplation around how we experience and interpret the spaces we occupy.