Chris Carmody: Fluorescent Array

Opening reception 3pm Saturday 31 May 2025

Showing in the Civic Art Bureau window gallery in June is Chris Carmody’s Fluorescent Array, eight paintings on board from his ongoing preoccupation with the “inconclusive meaning” of the fading in sunlight and wear of found materials.

“These paintings are based on faded books I’ve documented in different libraries over the years. Seen together they speak of some strange resonance between what is intended and what is incidental. My eye flicks across these faded forms searching for something.”

Chris Carmody completed an Honours in painting at ANU in 2009 and now lives and works in Brisbane.

Each work made in 2024, acrylic on board, 61.0 x 40.5 cm. $900 each.

The titles of the works refer to the call numbers of the books that the paintings are based on. There are exceptions, like Taken off record, which is also a library code but has other associations. 

The titles maintain connection with the books and library systems, and allows the source material to be found. Carmody’s intention is that the works and titles “playfully disrupt our systems for labelling things.“

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