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I Have Made Too Many Memories

Moksha Café

Don't blink, or you'll miss them. The paintings amidst the lovely minimalism of the Moshka café blend so cohesively into the pastel décor that you'd be forgiven for not pausing to appreciate them. The silhouettes, detailed with painterly intricacies, seem to step from all ages; the outlines of some suggest elaborate archaic costume while others are starkly modern. Yet all evoke that illicit moment of capture when movement is stilled, unawares. The people, mainly children, appear in a physical dialogue with the beholder as they attempt to move beyond the artist's frame, their motion suggesting an intention or secret to which the painting may only elude. Compelling, but perhaps slightly too frothy to ever trespass, like the figures, beyond this café setting.

Moksha Café, 3 - 26 May, 7.00am (6.00pm), free, fpp 67

tw rating: 3/5

published: Aug-2008

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