WONA BAE & CHARLIE LAWLER
HAPPY HOUR
13.02.2022 ~ 27.02.2022
Artists Wona Bae (South Korea) and Charlie Lawler (Australia) are a collaborative duo based in Melbourne, known internationally for their installations and sculptures that navigate the visceral and symbiotic connections between people and nature. Central to their practice are the essences of minimalism, harmony and balance. Their work combines installation, sculpture, relief, sound, and photographs documenting ephemeral interventions.
For Happy Hour, Bae and Lawler continue investigations of materiality and abstraction. Fascinated by the healing qualities of charcoal, the pair have created a series of charcoal sculptures and reliefs.
Their unconventional use of charcoal reveals itself through multiple surfaces capturing light and shadows to create dynamic artworks that transform in unexpected ways. There is an ethereal quality to these works, emphasised in their physical and spatial nuances. The subtle complexity of composition and material sits in noticeable contrast to its darkened minimal mass.
