This solo exhibition of new work by Peter Adsett is in association with Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territories, Australia and was curated by Stephen Williamson. The exhibition runs from 26th November 2021 until 20th March 2022, concluding alongside his exhibitions ‘Tri-Nations’ and ‘To Face Painting’ shows in Turangnui-a-Kiwa, Gisborne.

Foul Play presents the most recent work of Peter Adsett – none of which has been previously exhibited. It continues Adsett’s investigation of abstraction, something he has been engrossed in for almost twenty-five years. He sees his art as a critique of modernist painting, a task that became further challenging when he confronted the art of Indigenous Australians – what many believe is the most powerful painting produced in this country today.

Also included in Foul Play is Two Black Squares, a series of 11 paintings, each labelled “for” one of the Jirrawun painters whom Adsett knew during the 1990s. This encounter would lead to Adsett and Dirrji (Rusty Peters) engaging in conversations about their work, and agreeing to paint together. The outcome was 14 large-scale acrylic paintings, seven by each artist, titled Two Laws, One Big Spirit. This series, the only example of its kind to explore ‘two ways’ travelled widely around Australia and New Zealand.

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Brushworks
Scission
Foul Play