https://marleemcmahon.com Marlee McMahon Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:23:51 +0000 https://marleemcmahon.com en https://marleemcmahon.com/Information Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:20:04 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Information Marlee McMahon AU/NL. b.1996 Sale, AU. mcmahonmarlee@gmail.com @mar__lee_ Represented by Sutton Gallery, Naarm/ Melbourne AU I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin nation as the traditional owners and ongoing&nbsp;custodians of the land on which I live and work.&nbsp;I pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging. EDUCATION2021-23&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Master of Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL2017&nbsp; &nbsp; BFA (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Naarm AU2014-16&nbsp; &nbsp; BFA, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Naarm AU SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; Here The Door Ends, Sutton Gallery, Fitzroy AU2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Shadow Crossed The Sky, Sutton Gallery, Fitzroy AU2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Stepping Lightly, Conners Conners, Fitzroy AU2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Heavy Kite, Visions, Auckland Aoetearoa NZ2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Digestif, STATION, South Yarra AU2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Carbonated, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland Aoetearoa NZ2017&nbsp; &nbsp; 61x70xM, Alaska Projects, Sydney AU2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Optic White, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale AU SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026&nbsp; &nbsp; #, curated by Lilly Skipper, Netherlands, Naarm AU 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; ROUND TURN &amp; 2HALF HITCHES (organiser), 4th Brunswick Scout Group, Brunswick West AU 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Melbourne Art Fair, Sutton Gallery, Fitzroy AU2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Sydney Contemporary, Sutton Gallery, Sydney AU2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Four Meter High Ceilings, Mauritsstraat 36, Rotterdam NL2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Partial View, MaMA, Rotterdam NL2022&nbsp; &nbsp; I Must Be Living Twice, curated by Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma, European Cultural Centre, Venice ITA2022&nbsp; &nbsp; XXX: Celebrating 30 years of Sutton Gallery, Sutton Gallery, Fitzroy AU2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Play, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale AU2021&nbsp; &nbsp; 10 Year Show, STATION, South Yarra AU2021&nbsp; &nbsp; I Am Here, curated by Katherine Hattam, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney AU2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Deep Breakfast,Haydens, Naarm AU2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Melodic Living Room, organised by Martin George and Marlee McMahon, online/ private address, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Fitzroy North AU2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Sounds of Pacing, Conners Conners, Fitzroy AU2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Mostra, BSR, Rome ITA2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Hard Boiled, Neon Parc, Brunswick AU2019&nbsp; &nbsp; West Space Fundraiser, West Space, Naarm AU2019&nbsp; &nbsp; A more comprehensive physical explanation, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland Aoetearoa NZ2018&nbsp; &nbsp; Unrepresented Artists, curated by Hayden Stuart, Haydens, Brunswick East AU2018&nbsp; &nbsp; a hush fell, organised by Andrew Read and Hugo Atkins, 1–35 Wellington St, Collingwood AU2018&nbsp; &nbsp; The drawing is just not there, curated by Patrice Sharkey and Christopher Hill, West Space, Naarm AU2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Graduate exhibition (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Naarm AU2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Michael Georgetti and Marlee McMahon, Lon Gallery, Collingwood AU2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Uh, or so on, VCA Art Space, Naarm AU2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Summer projects IV, Boom, Geelong AU2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Naarm AU AWARDS/GRANTS 2025&nbsp; &nbsp; City of Merri-bek Flourish Grant with Ella Dunn and Badra Aji&nbsp;2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Ian Potter Cultural Trust - Emerging Artist Grant 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; Sluijtersprijs, Amsterdam - Finalist 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; City of Melbourne - COVID-19 Quick Response Arts Grant2020&nbsp; &nbsp; Anne &amp; Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship2019&nbsp; &nbsp; Cranbourne Fellowship in Visual Art 2017&nbsp; &nbsp; Majlis Encouragement Award2016&nbsp; &nbsp; Sydney Canvas Company Award2015&nbsp; &nbsp; Wellington Youth Art Prize RESIDENCIES2025&nbsp; &nbsp; ARCUS Project, Ibaraki, Japan2023&nbsp; &nbsp; Preforming Arts Forum, Saint Erme Outre et Ramecourt, France2019&nbsp; &nbsp; British School at Rome (Cranbourne Fellowship), Rome, Italy PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra; Artbank, Sydney; Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.&nbsp; PUBLICATIONS2024&nbsp; &nbsp; ‘SPHERE‘, Issue 5, Edited by Justin Andrews and Jacqueline Stojanovic UPCOMING: 3- 6 September 2026, Sydney Contemporary Sutton Gallery stock room.&nbsp;My work Royal Cave will be included as part of Sutton Gallery’s 2026 Booth.&nbsp; <img width="1440" height="2160" width_o="1440" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0936f66f05605b3a0df2e75f3543df9435246fa342a38aee0c5e1e4e0e23caf5/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1460-edit.jpg" data-mid="250832456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0936f66f05605b3a0df2e75f3543df9435246fa342a38aee0c5e1e4e0e23caf5/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1460-edit.jpg" /> Royal Cave,&nbsp;2026, oil on linen, 41x46cm. Photo by Simon Strong.CURRENT: PAST: 23 May - 20 June 2026, Here the Door Ends, Sutton Gallery, Naarm. Please join me for opening drinks Saturday 23 May, 3 - 5pm. <img width="3097" height="2065" width_o="3097" height_o="2065" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df3e2868fbaf067e7fef64242b107a69d90ff9b8f4d70cb3781c99a18871b3b8/Marlee-McMahon_Here-the-Door-Ends_2026_install-view-n_AC_4388.jpg" data-mid="248669808" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df3e2868fbaf067e7fef64242b107a69d90ff9b8f4d70cb3781c99a18871b3b8/Marlee-McMahon_Here-the-Door-Ends_2026_install-view-n_AC_4388.jpg" />Installation image of Twittering Machine, 2026. Photo by Andrew Curtis.#, Group Show curated by Lilly Skipper, Netherlands, Naarm. Opening celebration Wednesday 17th June 2026, 6 - 8 pm.<img width="1080" height="1440" width_o="1080" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/882a624d2facc6055bf865be9f522126c90df2b66a3e492be7bc3b37174ffd3d/Post-2.png" data-mid="249442731" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/882a624d2facc6055bf865be9f522126c90df2b66a3e492be7bc3b37174ffd3d/Post-2.png" /> Poster by Lilly Skipper All are welcome to join us for the opening of ROUND TURN &amp; 2 HALF HITCHES, a group show in a scout hall. This exhibition has been organised by Marlee McMahon, Badra Aji and Ella Dunn with the support of the Flourish Grant from the City of Merri-bek. <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d61f8046caeaecdf9c2f68a64599d7361c99396227ad3f2b683b5dbcac6dd42/POSTER-WEB-RTA2HH.jpg" data-mid="240817065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d61f8046caeaecdf9c2f68a64599d7361c99396227ad3f2b683b5dbcac6dd42/POSTER-WEB-RTA2HH.jpg" /> Poster designed by Marlee McMahonARCUS Winter Research ResidencyJan 16 - Feb 14, 2025, Ibaraki, Japan.Happy to announce my participation in the ARCUS Winter Research residency 2025.This residnency is supported by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust. <img width="2007" height="1150" width_o="2007" height_o="1150" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa137fdd9fa30f2e9f8036b6b3b940006681bb64446c43c53fe52ebb20d7bf61/Arcus.jpg" data-mid="251079346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa137fdd9fa30f2e9f8036b6b3b940006681bb64446c43c53fe52ebb20d7bf61/Arcus.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17eba23474cb55672a0bbc573516a0389ad119e7d2cdacd7a8dba97171a1229e/IMG_9457.jpg" data-mid="244566273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17eba23474cb55672a0bbc573516a0389ad119e7d2cdacd7a8dba97171a1229e/IMG_9457.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/362a6e139a4d7af662bc33f65aae6f7fb73bb01091ed04566b67494bc007eace/IMG_9420.jpg" data-mid="244566264" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/362a6e139a4d7af662bc33f65aae6f7fb73bb01091ed04566b67494bc007eace/IMG_9420.jpg" />Images from workshop at Nagakan Factory in Sendai, Japan (Febuary 2025): Completed as part of my ARCUS Research Residency and Ian Potter Grant.26 Sep 2024Feeling extremely grateful and excited to announce that I have been selected to receive funding from The Ian Potter Cultural Trust. This funding will allow for me to travel abroad to experience numerous textile workshops and a residency at ARCUS, Ibaraki Japan, in 2025.Find out more about the Ian Potter Cultural Trust and other newGrantees from Round 2, 2024 here <img width="1492" height="508" width_o="1492" height_o="508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93643dcf1843819aa3ad115e4ac7f83f058fa4f21e73768f3bd82adbe53e125f/Screenshot-2024-10-01-114041.jpg" data-mid="244566263" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93643dcf1843819aa3ad115e4ac7f83f058fa4f21e73768f3bd82adbe53e125f/Screenshot-2024-10-01-114041.jpg" /> SPHEREIssue no.5 2024 Online archive of all issues of SPHERE avalible here: https://sphere-archive.com/ <img width="1479" height="999" width_o="1479" height_o="999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92b58a2edd569e59395394d1bbf3eecc09c5d74dafd184c519ce84ff0bc633ad/Screenshot-2024-07-03-145356.jpg" data-mid="244566266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92b58a2edd569e59395394d1bbf3eecc09c5d74dafd184c519ce84ff0bc633ad/Screenshot-2024-07-03-145356.jpg" /> To view full contribution on desktop,follow this link and click MARLEE McMAHON: https://sphere-archive.com/issue-5- 18 May – 15 June 2024, Shadow Crossed The Sky,&nbsp; Sutton Gallery, Naarm, AU All are welcome to join me for the opening of my solo show on Saturday the 18th of May from 3-5pm.<img width="3840" height="4514" width_o="3840" height_o="4514" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4107016344f8a8498fef82a5e3abc39523abe7d8af65f5dae45d28df74bdf797/Marlee_2.jpg" data-mid="244566271" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4107016344f8a8498fef82a5e3abc39523abe7d8af65f5dae45d28df74bdf797/Marlee_2.jpg" /> Photo by Dane Lovett @a_photographic_record 2 Jun 2024, SPHERE Artist Publication Launch, The Castlemaine Museum of Art. I am really excited to partake in issue 5 of SPHERE, an ongoing artist book project.The new issues of SPHERE will be launched on the 2nd of June at The Melbourne Art Book Fair and The Castlemaine Museum of Art. SPHERE is organised by Justin Andrews with guest co-editor Jacqueline Stojanović.&nbsp; Here&gt; ~www.sphere-archive.com ~ is where you can find a full online archive of previous issues and more details about the project <img width="1653" height="2338" width_o="1653" height_o="2338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac87cbd4b5f8fd8dcd32eaf1452459723a50a240032bc87a901b3904c256a53e/M.McMahon_page_1.JPG" data-mid="244566268" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac87cbd4b5f8fd8dcd32eaf1452459723a50a240032bc87a901b3904c256a53e/M.McMahon_page_1.JPG" /> <img width="1167" height="1176" width_o="1167" height_o="1176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b56a8e89cb7e0d65452e8dc452ebe4ed1e5cd663ab6fa3c68853f54910241ffc/Screenshot-2024-04-23-170845.png" data-mid="244566270" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b56a8e89cb7e0d65452e8dc452ebe4ed1e5cd663ab6fa3c68853f54910241ffc/Screenshot-2024-04-23-170845.png" /> Image 1: Page one of my submission Image 2: Sphere 1–4 2022 Artist book, each issue ed. of 20Acrylic screen print and laser printed imagery on thermally bound Envirocare 100% recycled card and paper. 21 x 29.7cm eachphoto: Camille Perry. appearing on this website as a screenshot from @sphere_archive Instagram 22 – 25 Feb 2024, Melbourne Art Fair, Sutton Gallery, Naarm, AUI am looking forward to show a new painting titled ‘Curtains Are Shut’ alongside numerous represented artists. Sutton will exhibit a suite of Gordon Bennett’s abstract paintings, titled ‘Thin Lines’ : Booth C2 see here <img width="2610" height="3000" width_o="2610" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4f7ee76eaff16cf87713ed1c5e12231e51636ec8c8cce722ba7cea548550eaa/Marlee-McMahon---23.07.2025-062.jpg" data-mid="244566272" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4f7ee76eaff16cf87713ed1c5e12231e51636ec8c8cce722ba7cea548550eaa/Marlee-McMahon---23.07.2025-062.jpg" /> Photo by Christo Crocker 2024&nbsp; &nbsp;Finalist - Sluijtersprijs, Amsterdam 7 – 10 Sep 2023, Sydney Contemporary, Sutton Gallery, Sydney, AU <img width="975" height="1804" width_o="975" height_o="1804" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/214e597506eb30dd5e35d20f4dca236f480f5fe127a8b3f0eff43e28bc0a3e6d/IMG_6537.jpg" data-mid="244566265" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/975/i/214e597506eb30dd5e35d20f4dca236f480f5fe127a8b3f0eff43e28bc0a3e6d/IMG_6537.jpg" /> Image Gian Manik 8 – 14 July 2023, four meter high ceilings, Karel Doormanhof 45, Rotterdam, NLReview on Metropolis M here. <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0609437a8a958f774d47a10c00b98fdf336c103c99a965373ebe4c8343c8cda/this-1.jpg" data-mid="244566267" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0609437a8a958f774d47a10c00b98fdf336c103c99a965373ebe4c8343c8cda/this-1.jpg" />Poster design by Kate Rebecca Price Home https://marleemcmahon.com/HOME Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:17:06 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/HOME Marlee McMahon 00.&nbsp; 01.02. 03. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 04. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 05. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 06. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 07. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 08. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 09. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10. &nbsp;11. &nbsp; &nbsp; 12. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;13. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 14.15. 16. Information Here the Door Ends #, Group Show Shadow Crossed The Sky Sydney Contemporary Stepping Lightly Heavy Kite Deep Breakfast Melodic Living RoomDecember Mostra Hard Boiled Carbonated A more comprehensive physical explanationUnrepresented Artistsa hush fell The drawing is just not there Other - A Pair of Blue Eyes https://marleemcmahon.com/Here-the-Door-Ends-1 Thu, 07 May 2026 11:56:02 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Here-the-Door-Ends-1 Here the Door Ends Sutton Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne23 May -&nbsp; 20 June 2026 Sutton Gallery is delighted to announce Here the Door Ends, Marlee McMahon’s second solo presentation with the gallery. For this body of work, McMahon has created seven abstract propositions that go beyond architectural consideration, testing the impenetrable and expansive qualities of space. In her new work McMahon invokes the stage in two ways: as a diagrammatic tool to loosely guide the pictorial framework, and as a metaphor for seeing abstraction as a site of performance. Akin to theatre’s ability to build worlds through intimate encounters, the artist produces buoyant, non-hierarchical arrangements in which entire universes take shape through fragmentary groupings. These spaces are deliberate yet unpredictable, assembled yet unoperated. In the development of this series McMahon has referenced the experimental stage designs of early twentieth century pioneers of abstraction Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) and Alexandra Exter (1882-1949). Goncharova and Exter each synthesised folk imagery with a futurist vernacular to develop decorative backdrops for various theatrical productions, including Sergei Diaghilev’s avant-garde ballet company Ballets Russes. These experimental sketches inform the musical and spatially ambitious quality of McMahon’s new work. Colours shift subtly then intensely, and shapes reverberate with one another until a labyrinthine field of speculative ladders and coinciding circuits emerge. As alluded to in her titles, McMahon’s abstractions wrangle with the less cogent aspects of human relations. Her use of language is often prepositional and filled with potential; here are modes in which things, feelings, ideas can operate through, in, around, over, and between spaces. By peeking through McMahon’s stage curtains, windows, screens, portals, and doorways, we are guided by authorial devices into a chartered void. As Adorno puts it in a famous passage of Aesthetic Theory, this body of work seeks to “make things of which we do not know what they are”. In an approach that hovers between naming and obscuring, between sensation and understanding, McMahon’s abstractions savour the incomprehensibility of space, and give rise to embodied processes of looking, feeling and thinking about its permutations More details on the show here&nbsp;Contemporary Art Library here Photography by Christo Crocker <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58a7124a4d8d7f331766118ac41cf934600e31c64115f10c47216eeefc6f4cf1/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-029.jpg" data-mid="249423628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58a7124a4d8d7f331766118ac41cf934600e31c64115f10c47216eeefc6f4cf1/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-029.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a484ee1218873e94af873332a4474f0db9737136507dbd2d3b1bf4411b8db715/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-021.jpg" data-mid="249423627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a484ee1218873e94af873332a4474f0db9737136507dbd2d3b1bf4411b8db715/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-021.jpg" /> <img width="2638" height="3000" width_o="2638" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6780ecf65a79075ea5e29ec9176f1a2ec5bd67766283450cef425a33e246364/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-080.jpg" data-mid="249423633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6780ecf65a79075ea5e29ec9176f1a2ec5bd67766283450cef425a33e246364/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-080.jpg" /> The City at Night,2026, oil and acrylic on canvas, 99x85cm <img width="2709" height="3000" width_o="2709" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36c6312d8e91cbb2385ccc26330d0f6d82bbd90f909d0ed9e4ff75b88e0bc334/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-086.jpg" data-mid="249423635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36c6312d8e91cbb2385ccc26330d0f6d82bbd90f909d0ed9e4ff75b88e0bc334/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-086.jpg" /> Twittering Machine, 2026, acrylic on canvas, 97x87cm <img width="3000" height="2529" width_o="3000" height_o="2529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b17c0e6f265438ae887833cc47ac839687c1eec7b78b0725d5bbaf9e4113666/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-059.jpg" data-mid="249423631" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b17c0e6f265438ae887833cc47ac839687c1eec7b78b0725d5bbaf9e4113666/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-059.jpg" /> To Glitter (Stars over Trains),2026, acrylic on canvas, 102x122cm <img width="3000" height="2529" width_o="3000" height_o="2529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f04298f202510c6bfe8acee0a6b6f50626ca3e840216fc1a24149240e8e1da3d/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-047.jpg" data-mid="249423629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f04298f202510c6bfe8acee0a6b6f50626ca3e840216fc1a24149240e8e1da3d/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-047.jpg" /> Forest of Us and Them,2026, oil and acrylic on canvas, 102x122cm <img width="3000" height="2529" width_o="3000" height_o="2529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/452eca1a6ab6aa22d0a6639f98481749851aefe68875f79f7cbe25cf447607f5/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-054.jpg" data-mid="249423630" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/452eca1a6ab6aa22d0a6639f98481749851aefe68875f79f7cbe25cf447607f5/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-054.jpg" /> The Rooster Cried Out,&nbsp;2026, acrylic on canvas, 102x122cm <img width="2709" height="3000" width_o="2709" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1d1efe2e1677c02fea5ef4ef6eb52aede6173270e114fc680e8644f9a33f987/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-084.jpg" data-mid="249423634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1d1efe2e1677c02fea5ef4ef6eb52aede6173270e114fc680e8644f9a33f987/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-084.jpg" /> Golden from Head to Tail, 2026, acrylic on canvas, 97x87cm<img width="3000" height="2529" width_o="3000" height_o="2529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c5049a35c5a7ae9a2a9590e3e8424d94b8a8ee00772f1d801bc8a7fd8d4b8a1/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-061.jpg" data-mid="249423632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c5049a35c5a7ae9a2a9590e3e8424d94b8a8ee00772f1d801bc8a7fd8d4b8a1/Marlee-McMahon---Here-the-Door-Ends---Sutton-Gallery----2026-061.jpg" /> Fog in my Eyes, Ice in my Hair,2026, acrylic on canvas, 102x122cm Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Group-Show Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:24:34 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Group-Show #, Group ShowNetherlands, Naarm / Melbourne 17 June - 27 June 2026 Marlee McMahon, Masato Takasaka, Andrew Nille, Tia Ansell, Lachlan Stonehouse, Curated by Lilly Skipper Interruption is a form of anticipation, where the trajectory of a sentence or thought, half-formed, is so quickly assumed that one enters it before it completes itself. The act of interjecting is a refusal to wait for completion, as though the unfinished can already be recognised, already known in advance. Rushing to conclusion, the sentence is treated as if nothing will be lost or missed in its early closure. What is this habit of arriving early to meaning, of prefilling gaps that weren't empty and building a reply whilst another’s is still under construction? Waiting constitutes attention. Don’t drop the thread. Amid vibrating and rhythmic collisions, each of five artists in ‘#’ produce sites of friction where grids and lines coincide, resist, exceed and reconfigure, expanding ideas of convergence and intersection beyond surface-level mark-making. Representations of cross-hatching and weaving as visual languages, both literal and implied, operate as methods of making and ways of holding works together. Beyond the visual, paralleled vertical and horizontal trajectories of the # symbol, the hash holds a range of meanings; it exists as an organiser or label maker. At its most basic, # is a shorthand for ordering or numbering. In the context of digital and social media, it turns a word or phrase into something searchable; a connector that groups dispersed posts into a shared thread of attention. In '#' interruption is treated as generative. Artists loosen the rhythm of thought to tease hesitation amid exactness, shaped by tensions between industrial precision and hand fabrication. The grid emerges as a recurring framework, wherein artists pose questions of how an artwork remains intact as a distinct whole and how networks are produced within it. Is order discovered or imposed? What is legible and how are things bound and joined? Undo the thread. - Lilly Skipper Photography by Simon Strong <img width="1080" height="1440" width_o="1080" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2733d9ad45ed4aeed9fbba66f385b180763dfdbcab40d928bc34f717eb0be91/Post-2.png" data-mid="249783111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2733d9ad45ed4aeed9fbba66f385b180763dfdbcab40d928bc34f717eb0be91/Post-2.png" /> <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/149400b6f4ed31536bb54c6292e43a921575cadb5c470c0ce39a2620705c703f/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1440-edit.jpg" data-mid="249783123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/149400b6f4ed31536bb54c6292e43a921575cadb5c470c0ce39a2620705c703f/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1440-edit.jpg" /> L–R: Marlee McMahon, Andrew Nille, Masato Takasaka <img width="1440" height="2160" width_o="1440" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0936f66f05605b3a0df2e75f3543df9435246fa342a38aee0c5e1e4e0e23caf5/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1460-edit.jpg" data-mid="249783126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0936f66f05605b3a0df2e75f3543df9435246fa342a38aee0c5e1e4e0e23caf5/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1460-edit.jpg" /> Royal Cave,2026, oil on linen, 41x46cm <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2a430ba8ae090d4b87117d69b88ac13626446fe218c636fdf0a62d7d19ed055/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1452-edit.jpg" data-mid="249783125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2a430ba8ae090d4b87117d69b88ac13626446fe218c636fdf0a62d7d19ed055/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1452-edit.jpg" /> L–R: Marlee McMahon, Andrew Nille <img width="2160" height="1440" width_o="2160" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa0b50545ee7f8f7354f05888ccbec341d03b2693fd96433b8d0f4937d967785/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1450-edit.jpg" data-mid="249783124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa0b50545ee7f8f7354f05888ccbec341d03b2693fd96433b8d0f4937d967785/Group-Exhibition-Netherlands-Gallery-20260616_DSC1450-edit.jpg" /> L–R: Marlee McMahon, Andrew Nille, Masato Takasaka Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Shadow-Crossed-The-Sky Sun, 22 Oct 2023 08:46:05 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Shadow-Crossed-The-Sky Shadow Crossed The Sky Sutton Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne18 May - 15 June 2024 For the artist’s first solo exhibition at Sutton Gallery, Marlee McMahon mediates the concrete vocabularies of hard-edge abstraction through an intuitive, process-led methodology. Shadow Crossed The Sky sees McMahon embrace the immediacy of composition, laying bare an indelible human presence that eschews the coldness of pure geometric painting. Interested in subverting the two-dimensionality and graphic quality associated with the surface plane, this new body of work is firmly rooted in the subjectivity of experience and perception. The exhibition spans work produced during the artist’s Samstag Scholarship-sponsored MFA in Rotterdam, NL in 2023, alongside those made since her arrival in Naarm, tracing the artist’s ongoing interest in the architectural and the rhythmic within abstraction. The paintings on show in Shadow Crossed The Sky are often reworked and overpainted–a textural acknowledgement of the structural elements surmising each composition. This process of application alludes to the temporal nature of McMahon’s practice, with each work emerging as a procedural testimony of its own making. Traces of distinctive shapes are concealed, as relief forms find themselves submerged in a lingering, subterranean space. Though rather than search for the hidden, suspended narrative encrypted below, these paintings invite viewers to look for themselves at what is perceptible. Here, McMahon invokes slippery, transgressive forms such as colour gradients while stretching motifs across the boundaries of diptychs to circumvent the insularity that encapsulates formalist abstract painting. Facilitating an internal dialogue that follows its own logic, McMahon’s works are thoroughly palpable, experiential objects that invoke the artist’s studio presence. Oscillating between bold collations to tacit arrangements, Shadow Crossed the Sky features works compositionally weighted by recurrent equivocal shapes. Imbuing each work with a sense of tension and theatre sensitive to the painting’s own conditions, McMahon negates the reverential posturing of post-war minimalist painting. By mining and exposing the mechanics of abstraction, these paintings are characterised by a loosened, highly receptive relationship to form and tonality. More details on the show here&nbsp; Documentation by Andrew Curtis and Dane Lovett <img width="3359" height="2240" width_o="3359" height_o="2240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f7a0ff7341eaea293d9e0cc5a6000f1abea695c18311e4931f13f2a9f7e5fb4/_AC_4674.jpg" data-mid="211349156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f7a0ff7341eaea293d9e0cc5a6000f1abea695c18311e4931f13f2a9f7e5fb4/_AC_4674.jpg" /> <img width="2990" height="1994" width_o="2990" height_o="1994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c90f2a2ff62bb834664456a3fa7796937b7ab52407a5445fca1c0c938806163f/_AC_4633.jpg" data-mid="211349099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c90f2a2ff62bb834664456a3fa7796937b7ab52407a5445fca1c0c938806163f/_AC_4633.jpg" /> <img width="3110" height="2073" width_o="3110" height_o="2073" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/447ecee00294855ab338fd885d0a699c3598d191f2468ace4264beb6e2d1f46b/_AC_4648.jpg" data-mid="211349124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/447ecee00294855ab338fd885d0a699c3598d191f2468ace4264beb6e2d1f46b/_AC_4648.jpg" /> <img width="3265" height="2176" width_o="3265" height_o="2176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a5c91a545e02a4680d70ec04c77bdb99c6a8ed15846e2ef4eb589ab1c9bb853/_AC_4644.jpg" data-mid="211349116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a5c91a545e02a4680d70ec04c77bdb99c6a8ed15846e2ef4eb589ab1c9bb853/_AC_4644.jpg" /> <img width="3296" height="2198" width_o="3296" height_o="2198" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/365b9b8e84c01844b9f0289029227635a9f87ef0011082cc1459a48897c944e6/_AC_4669.jpg" data-mid="211349148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/365b9b8e84c01844b9f0289029227635a9f87ef0011082cc1459a48897c944e6/_AC_4669.jpg" /> <img width="3252" height="2168" width_o="3252" height_o="2168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c57f1356c4d49730d8948f296242dff2d74afa4d4fd5d6b4edb0b7da3e00f71/_AC_4659.jpg" data-mid="211349132" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c57f1356c4d49730d8948f296242dff2d74afa4d4fd5d6b4edb0b7da3e00f71/_AC_4659.jpg" /> <img width="3359" height="2240" width_o="3359" height_o="2240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7ee03bca853fe31b7a537e90df5f71e63b7e98284923884f31cc205c304c6ff/_AC_4664.jpg" data-mid="211349140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7ee03bca853fe31b7a537e90df5f71e63b7e98284923884f31cc205c304c6ff/_AC_4664.jpg" /> <img width="3146" height="2097" width_o="3146" height_o="2097" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a65a32edb67abd597bb9863cf74457f2491d06395a3c48e57e948ad71f9fb6fb/_AC_4683.jpg" data-mid="211349165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a65a32edb67abd597bb9863cf74457f2491d06395a3c48e57e948ad71f9fb6fb/_AC_4683.jpg" /> <img width="3084" height="2056" width_o="3084" height_o="2056" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18f715c5c3fcb96ac5a62ecb40edf4e2cbad734093434fcef208a273f135061d/_AC_4639.jpg" data-mid="211349108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18f715c5c3fcb96ac5a62ecb40edf4e2cbad734093434fcef208a273f135061d/_AC_4639.jpg" /> <img width="4929" height="3840" width_o="4929" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/325b6302ddab8e41c1fbba3d8ffa73d17aadcf04f98e2914f854c7bef6661110/Image-for-Wall-Shadow3.jpg" data-mid="211111843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/325b6302ddab8e41c1fbba3d8ffa73d17aadcf04f98e2914f854c7bef6661110/Image-for-Wall-Shadow3.jpg" /> Your Hand Is In Mine, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 90cm <img width="3790" height="4999" width_o="3790" height_o="4999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6c254b2996249421f0eb24ae0c13bba971d4bde9302630de28fab1bc7e98d3e/Image-for-Wall-Shadow4.jpg" data-mid="211111844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6c254b2996249421f0eb24ae0c13bba971d4bde9302630de28fab1bc7e98d3e/Image-for-Wall-Shadow4.jpg" /> Together Again, 2023, oil on linen, 130 x 90cm (diptych) <img width="3840" height="4514" width_o="3840" height_o="4514" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4107016344f8a8498fef82a5e3abc39523abe7d8af65f5dae45d28df74bdf797/Marlee_2.jpg" data-mid="209528847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4107016344f8a8498fef82a5e3abc39523abe7d8af65f5dae45d28df74bdf797/Marlee_2.jpg" /> Shadow Crossed The Sky, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 90 x 75cm <img width="3840" height="4732" width_o="3840" height_o="4732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1ac1183d03e090536e9555c4a544cb6e1b01dad290d95321d9a94a3413fb22d/Image-for-Wall-Shadow2.jpg" data-mid="211111842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1ac1183d03e090536e9555c4a544cb6e1b01dad290d95321d9a94a3413fb22d/Image-for-Wall-Shadow2.jpg" /> Bow For Helle, 2023, acrylic on canvas 100 x 86cm <img width="3088" height="2058" width_o="3088" height_o="2058" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a3ecc4d772400f395e2d9469200effd3ff71175d84925060bef8d40c7860ab8/_AC_4759.jpg" data-mid="211349288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a3ecc4d772400f395e2d9469200effd3ff71175d84925060bef8d40c7860ab8/_AC_4759.jpg" /> Bird’s Eye, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 75x90cm <img width="2168" height="3252" width_o="2168" height_o="3252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94f2f7206a22b9796f7b445c8ba4ccbc433844a43c72a7e908cd2667939a957d/_AC_4764.jpg" data-mid="211349305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94f2f7206a22b9796f7b445c8ba4ccbc433844a43c72a7e908cd2667939a957d/_AC_4764.jpg" /> Ticket, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 90x75cm <img width="2240" height="3359" width_o="2240" height_o="3359" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec24d55abb69c1fad5de8f08fe0b434e17b166b6377cb81e7ec912b2d46a8a6d/_AC_4708.jpg" data-mid="211349207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec24d55abb69c1fad5de8f08fe0b434e17b166b6377cb81e7ec912b2d46a8a6d/_AC_4708.jpg" /> Greeting Card, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 86cm <img width="2240" height="3359" width_o="2240" height_o="3359" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c42f5b94507466ea220427aaeae5e904118fd72d67958a2e58207df209ea478a/_AC_4713.jpg" data-mid="211349212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c42f5b94507466ea220427aaeae5e904118fd72d67958a2e58207df209ea478a/_AC_4713.jpg" /> Paper Moon, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 86cm <img width="3139" height="2093" width_o="3139" height_o="2093" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/857b9d2558c86c4eb2199881277ea0ff087dcfbbabd3498d0209daa652ac56e5/_AC_4727.jpg" data-mid="211349236" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/857b9d2558c86c4eb2199881277ea0ff087dcfbbabd3498d0209daa652ac56e5/_AC_4727.jpg" /> Twisted Lock,2024, oil on linen, 20.5 x 26cm Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Sydney-Contemporary Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:04:08 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Sydney-Contemporary Sydney Contemporary Sutton Gallery G10, Sydney 7-10 Sep 2023 Group presentation including Mia Boe, Nicholas Mangan, Marlee McMahon and Gian Manik Photos by Andrew Curtis <img width="1307" height="907" width_o="1307" height_o="907" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f68e1fa39aca286e61cf7f77cf3c316a43cb9ed4c0acb776021a795575ade07c/Screenshot-2023-10-23-203803.png" data-mid="194529129" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f68e1fa39aca286e61cf7f77cf3c316a43cb9ed4c0acb776021a795575ade07c/Screenshot-2023-10-23-203803.png" /> <img width="2480" height="1641" width_o="2480" height_o="1641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d0f0c638af6c94725b7b297241c82c903a23386861bafbc9742a638a205bdad/19.jpeg" data-mid="228408183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d0f0c638af6c94725b7b297241c82c903a23386861bafbc9742a638a205bdad/19.jpeg" /> <img width="1250" height="833" width_o="1250" height_o="833" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ab7dceec82d7dd83d1a6f952008b796471842fb12e719295c0c9eb25b5c1de6/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Readiness_2022_AC_5415.jpg" data-mid="189377570" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ab7dceec82d7dd83d1a6f952008b796471842fb12e719295c0c9eb25b5c1de6/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Readiness_2022_AC_5415.jpg" /> Readiness, 2022, oil on linen, 140x130mm <img width="1146" height="763" width_o="1146" height_o="763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d5b0edbd12fe9a1a2fdfa9047ec45739567eeccbb6afaf8fc517dcb2a6ea02f/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_With-left-feet_2022_AC_5385.jpg" data-mid="189377573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d5b0edbd12fe9a1a2fdfa9047ec45739567eeccbb6afaf8fc517dcb2a6ea02f/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_With-left-feet_2022_AC_5385.jpg" /> With Left Feet, 2022, oil on linen, 250x210mm <img width="1202" height="802" width_o="1202" height_o="802" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddc97debb789b75fe7fc20ab0d01136521f91787fefe094b38f8e1a00559ba35/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Bouncy_2022_AC_5410.jpg" data-mid="189377567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddc97debb789b75fe7fc20ab0d01136521f91787fefe094b38f8e1a00559ba35/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Bouncy_2022_AC_5410.jpg" /> Bouncy Ball, 2022, oil on canvas, 140x1300mm <img width="1075" height="716" width_o="1075" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a498cd121765eb2b7069986369473198eb55721772a26f70709c69f84a7b0188/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Tic-Tac_2023_AC_5395.jpg" data-mid="189377572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a498cd121765eb2b7069986369473198eb55721772a26f70709c69f84a7b0188/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Tic-Tac_2023_AC_5395.jpg" /> Tic-Tac,2023, oil on linen, 250x210mm <img width="1121" height="747" width_o="1121" height_o="747" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fa2212b6fa676eae1c019fc833b66a209ca7e7caa057b0ceffcc5e2133e31bf/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Fragile-Edge_2022_AC_5380.jpg" data-mid="189377568" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fa2212b6fa676eae1c019fc833b66a209ca7e7caa057b0ceffcc5e2133e31bf/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Fragile-Edge_2022_AC_5380.jpg" /> Fragile Edge, 2022, oil on linen, 250x210mm <img width="1065" height="709" width_o="1065" height_o="709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb9fcc16ec584bdea49c084b3294505a2b35aa0c34dd9a6e2f9d64436f885338/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Notes-of-almond-eyes_2021_AC_5400.jpg" data-mid="189377569" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb9fcc16ec584bdea49c084b3294505a2b35aa0c34dd9a6e2f9d64436f885338/Sutton-Gallery_McMahon_Notes-of-almond-eyes_2021_AC_5400.jpg" /> Notes of Almond Eyes,2022, oil on linen, 250x210mm <img width="1096" height="731" width_o="1096" height_o="731" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d615b83e9e070ad3a300bc9c6e3aaf3090ce1f32e220456cbf13ab96a8b6b2c1/Sutton-Gallery_McMahonLiving-in-a-Lullaby_2022_AC_5390.jpg" data-mid="189377574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d615b83e9e070ad3a300bc9c6e3aaf3090ce1f32e220456cbf13ab96a8b6b2c1/Sutton-Gallery_McMahonLiving-in-a-Lullaby_2022_AC_5390.jpg" />Living in a Lullaby, 2022, oil on linen, 250x210mm <img width="973" height="651" width_o="973" height_o="651" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a2eb7b4c4e0694141de3c0571d00a7d874ac4875c8c80e6e1223c8a85e32785/Gallery_McMahon_Hollow-Bend_2022_AC_5405.jpg" data-mid="189377566" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/973/i/5a2eb7b4c4e0694141de3c0571d00a7d874ac4875c8c80e6e1223c8a85e32785/Gallery_McMahon_Hollow-Bend_2022_AC_5405.jpg" /> Hollow Bend, 2023, oil on linen, 210x250mm Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Stepping-Lightly21 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:23:51 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Stepping-Lightly21 Stepping LightlyConners Conners, Naarm/ Melbourne 5 Aug - 5 Nov 2021 Images by Christo Crocker <img width="606" height="766" width_o="606" height_o="766" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf62b46e38a71599597ec9a4a09089b016edf0dde9e3a1bc2d4436ac601fed23/image-asset.jpeg" data-mid="251076295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/606/i/cf62b46e38a71599597ec9a4a09089b016edf0dde9e3a1bc2d4436ac601fed23/image-asset.jpeg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aee0eddf65c37dcdb518467c56679109732b30a5a983dcf3465f622b362c497/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-073.jpeg" data-mid="251076285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6aee0eddf65c37dcdb518467c56679109732b30a5a983dcf3465f622b362c497/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-073.jpeg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a930ead32b385a83440ab44fd4f4c16e771997153d6af84f85b2af82c5dc5005/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-078.jpeg" data-mid="251076290" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a930ead32b385a83440ab44fd4f4c16e771997153d6af84f85b2af82c5dc5005/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-078.jpeg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cbabbd13d9923f5628303bafd4093a59e632ee7dddaabedfae2e716fc198ea8/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-093.jpeg" data-mid="251076293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cbabbd13d9923f5628303bafd4093a59e632ee7dddaabedfae2e716fc198ea8/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-093.jpeg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7964fc9b8756a29278dc280ab2d2161153340faf9c617060a088dfebcc45fc43/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-054.jpeg" data-mid="251076291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7964fc9b8756a29278dc280ab2d2161153340faf9c617060a088dfebcc45fc43/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-054.jpeg" /> <img width="1500" height="1751" width_o="1500" height_o="1751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6598c42020363b65f574fc65bb55e5694184ef4e228f86d102e15d2275d3b7d/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-122.jpeg" data-mid="251076282" border="0" alt="Difficulty of Punctuation, 2021, oil on canvas, 255x200mm" data-caption="Difficulty of Punctuation, 2021, oil on canvas, 255x200mm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6598c42020363b65f574fc65bb55e5694184ef4e228f86d102e15d2275d3b7d/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-122.jpeg" /> Difficulty of Punctuation, 2021, oil on canvas, 255x200mm <img width="1500" height="1751" width_o="1500" height_o="1751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e024493540e0a30331d721424e0686afec08e5cbd03a2ef920bc2a9399baed6/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-129.jpeg" data-mid="251076283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e024493540e0a30331d721424e0686afec08e5cbd03a2ef920bc2a9399baed6/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-129.jpeg" /> Greeting Card, 2021, oil on canvas, 255x200mm <img width="1500" height="1779" width_o="1500" height_o="1779" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93608549d8af7c4792448b5de4a529bd09117a76c8e2ba310db8efe6434332d7/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-217.jpeg" data-mid="251076284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93608549d8af7c4792448b5de4a529bd09117a76c8e2ba310db8efe6434332d7/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-217.jpeg" />Heavy Kite, 2020, oil on canvas, 255x200mm <img width="1500" height="1342" width_o="1500" height_o="1342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/282f9d56c2f19c2e47c630b8cdf746c159bc33f8a121e7f515fbc60fd3fb278e/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-158.jpeg" data-mid="251076292" border="0" alt="Stepping Lightly, 2021, oil on canvas, 410x460mm" data-caption="Stepping Lightly, 2021, oil on canvas, 410x460mm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/282f9d56c2f19c2e47c630b8cdf746c159bc33f8a121e7f515fbc60fd3fb278e/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-158.jpeg" />Stepping Lightly,2021, oil on canvas, 410x460mm <img width="994" height="2126" width_o="994" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6af24a9613f0df40bbec5ded168e9316e0b7fd46e104a9b4b50c2abff5b13216/3---Copy.jpeg" data-mid="251076289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/994/i/6af24a9613f0df40bbec5ded168e9316e0b7fd46e104a9b4b50c2abff5b13216/3---Copy.jpeg" />Slopes2020, oil on canvas, 560x200mm (diptych) <img width="1500" height="1712" width_o="1500" height_o="1712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd3e5abe46fb02c1db6569cb67bce13a8a0af76653ad2e95c26ccbbaf4431bac/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-148.jpeg" data-mid="251076286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd3e5abe46fb02c1db6569cb67bce13a8a0af76653ad2e95c26ccbbaf4431bac/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-148.jpeg" />Above,2020, oil on linen, 350x255mm <img width="1500" height="1751" width_o="1500" height_o="1751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef287e435c3506b240ec817dbab77deff403ca9f2b912fcde27ce3346e1ebce3/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-117.jpeg" data-mid="251076288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef287e435c3506b240ec817dbab77deff403ca9f2b912fcde27ce3346e1ebce3/Marlee-McMahon---Stepping-Lightly---Conners-Conners---2021-117.jpeg" />Slot,2020, oil on canvas, 255x200mm <img width="1500" height="1250" width_o="1500" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4166ede4b18447d8b1b8e748123ffdea36078a091b5110ce623f0f759cff219c/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-191.jpeg" data-mid="251076287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4166ede4b18447d8b1b8e748123ffdea36078a091b5110ce623f0f759cff219c/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-191.jpeg" />Slow Response,2020, oil on canvas, 200x255mm Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Heavy-Kite Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:20:05 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Heavy-Kite Heavy Kite Visions Gallery, Auckland Aoetearoa NZ 05 Aug 2021 - 2 Sep 2021 Read Francis McWhannell essay, Weighted Yet Free: Marlee McMahon's Heavy Kite published on The Art Paper here Exhibition images by Sam Hartnett and individual painting images by Christo Crocker <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ac693ab3e53eb8cec002a5a6226be957448e2823f7786a4866ead34f2951f64/_DSF8548web.jpeg" data-mid="145787476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ac693ab3e53eb8cec002a5a6226be957448e2823f7786a4866ead34f2951f64/_DSF8548web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97a32c1b70862d0610d9365d96e61a81d2bccb171c94794c91d443dd760aa043/_DSF8550web.jpeg" data-mid="145787477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97a32c1b70862d0610d9365d96e61a81d2bccb171c94794c91d443dd760aa043/_DSF8550web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a18b6af78b27ad0e37eb36f62487c4189c343e008affa7f572537fc32a4015ec/_DSF8547web.jpeg" data-mid="145787479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a18b6af78b27ad0e37eb36f62487c4189c343e008affa7f572537fc32a4015ec/_DSF8547web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceb5326b720d5436e1a93b3d678bc2e4ce46462d3afaebd1bf6e7f567e885f38/_DSF8554web.jpeg" data-mid="145787480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceb5326b720d5436e1a93b3d678bc2e4ce46462d3afaebd1bf6e7f567e885f38/_DSF8554web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc5f060f810badec3bce500757d4443c1ea107ac61b08b521bf1df4741c22b68/_DSF8553web.jpeg" data-mid="145787481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc5f060f810badec3bce500757d4443c1ea107ac61b08b521bf1df4741c22b68/_DSF8553web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1875" width_o="2500" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4862009ef2c5b280c44dfc3b13c21478a726eb3d247b3811e6e528c32798d83c/_DSF8555web.jpeg" data-mid="145787482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4862009ef2c5b280c44dfc3b13c21478a726eb3d247b3811e6e528c32798d83c/_DSF8555web.jpeg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c44a6a63c87352fad2e461e3bb2cbb3f8567b66683b5b6d87f1c6fd343c58c8/_DSF8549web.jpeg" data-mid="145787501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c44a6a63c87352fad2e461e3bb2cbb3f8567b66683b5b6d87f1c6fd343c58c8/_DSF8549web.jpeg" /> <img width="1500" height="1723" width_o="1500" height_o="1723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7b5c341ec595cf36a54f5206890a769ba4ba719ee8d7da1f3948a0f35685373/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-037.jpg" data-mid="145787511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7b5c341ec595cf36a54f5206890a769ba4ba719ee8d7da1f3948a0f35685373/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-037.jpg" />Piano2021, oil on canvas, 765x660mm <img width="1500" height="1723" width_o="1500" height_o="1723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/774be1421a22ecb464a16dbf86a2f846ffa091c2de57c05bb6586b794b8b1238/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-046.jpg" data-mid="145787513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/774be1421a22ecb464a16dbf86a2f846ffa091c2de57c05bb6586b794b8b1238/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-046.jpg" />Faulty Zip2021, oil on canvas, 765x660mm <img width="1328" height="1497" width_o="1328" height_o="1497" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1139e4614e426a68634e20a322cb07ea3af6e2abebf6f2028ae80a299ad7622/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-021.jpg" data-mid="145787514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1139e4614e426a68634e20a322cb07ea3af6e2abebf6f2028ae80a299ad7622/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-021.jpg" />Paper Slide2021, oil on canvas, 725x640mm <img width="1500" height="1723" width_o="1500" height_o="1723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96988ffb6349c5d6d7dba310515e1eaa51754e43f3027fad63eaa57c35eae4b0/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-029.jpg" data-mid="145787517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96988ffb6349c5d6d7dba310515e1eaa51754e43f3027fad63eaa57c35eae4b0/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-029.jpg" />Neck Dip2021, oil on canvas, 765x660mm <img width="1500" height="1723" width_o="1500" height_o="1723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd172b1faa26ae8bbb8beda3069ee972f4c7ea6819afb03c4c104337c310af0d/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-050.jpg" data-mid="145787518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd172b1faa26ae8bbb8beda3069ee972f4c7ea6819afb03c4c104337c310af0d/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-050.jpg" />Glass House2021, oil on canvas, 765x660mm <img width="1500" height="1306" width_o="1500" height_o="1306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01024eb014a9fa09f84299b1f2ebfa07533689f8ed71edf45c1ed2fadc5986a9/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-062.jpg" data-mid="145787522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01024eb014a9fa09f84299b1f2ebfa07533689f8ed71edf45c1ed2fadc5986a9/Marlee-McMahon---14.06.2021-062.jpg" />look up2021, oil on canvas, 660x765mm <img width="1500" height="1687" width_o="1500" height_o="1687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c1d37f6ef8c5b6742867dfc35a046328805b7b15c707a101fd6668a22548333/Marlee-McMahon--Slots--1.jpeg" data-mid="145787521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c1d37f6ef8c5b6742867dfc35a046328805b7b15c707a101fd6668a22548333/Marlee-McMahon--Slots--1.jpeg" />Slots2021, oil on canvas, 765x660mm Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Deep-Breakfast Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:20:05 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Deep-Breakfast Deep Breakfast Haydens Gallery, Naarm/ Melbourne 5 Nov - 12 Dec 2020 Luke Brennan, Guy Grabowsky, Lucina Lane, Patrick Lundberg, Marlee McMahon Deep, swirling mystical energy pulls you in and you are greeted by a glistening waxy surface. Futurist gestures and rainbow caverns to your left, electrically charged static to your right. These are works you can hear. Paintings lie on a cold industrious floor, cushioned by the weight of their bodies, bruised from their making. An arm and a leg reach out, the other screams ‘Free’ The openness of abstract paintings is evident in the installation. One glides across a large expanse of white, while its partner leads a gentle slope from itself to the surrounding architecture.Fissures along the back wall appear as slits in time, openings to other possible worlds. Here, abstraction becomes a window, what is visible is entirely dependent on one’s frame of mind.Through a process of symbiosis, these photographs lose their objective quality. Not that they ever were objective in the first place, but perhaps this is a more justified equilibrium between subjectivity.As the sun sets, we become weary. The reference to Adi Da becomes apparent: “Come into my apartments, and we’ll suffer through a deep breakfast of pure sunlight.” - Hayden Stuart, November 2020 Documentation by Christo Crocker <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34d0b7082a3c51b6c4b6fcb73f5eba19043a6c31cf22f6048b7f11bf99356ea8/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-211.jpg" data-mid="214035102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34d0b7082a3c51b6c4b6fcb73f5eba19043a6c31cf22f6048b7f11bf99356ea8/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-211.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2047c4eb99be04a2f546865712eab2832c84a1b979ce8cb6d712c441bacce98e/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-227---Copy.jpeg" data-mid="145787588" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2047c4eb99be04a2f546865712eab2832c84a1b979ce8cb6d712c441bacce98e/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-227---Copy.jpeg" /> L–R: Marlee McMahon, Lucina Lane, Patrick Lundberg, Guy Grabowsky <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e9b9a350a30be45317ac444188f48cc40e2403eb93c598212badea4ac17ea4a/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-245.jpeg" data-mid="145787592" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e9b9a350a30be45317ac444188f48cc40e2403eb93c598212badea4ac17ea4a/Haydens---Deep-breakfast-245.jpeg" />L–R: Guy Grabowsky, Lucina Lane, Marlee McMahon <img width="1500" height="1288" width_o="1500" height_o="1288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63f4a41f4de5f0056183e6117e9f7981c9812f6e2b63af9654c15a10472fc442/Marlee-McMahon---Gliding-2---Copy.jpeg" data-mid="145787589" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63f4a41f4de5f0056183e6117e9f7981c9812f6e2b63af9654c15a10472fc442/Marlee-McMahon---Gliding-2---Copy.jpeg" />Gliding2020, oil on canvas, 200x255mm <img width="994" height="2126" width_o="994" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbced831d83950e20411463e46c47eef8844f15f92e984e134f91ab678e08898/3---Copy.jpeg" data-mid="145787594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/994/i/fbced831d83950e20411463e46c47eef8844f15f92e984e134f91ab678e08898/3---Copy.jpeg" />Slopes2020, oil on canvas, 560x200mm (diptych) Home https://marleemcmahon.com/Melodic-Living-Room Wed, 03 Jul 2024 05:18:30 +0000 Marlee McMahon https://marleemcmahon.com/Melodic-Living-Room Melodic Living Room Marlee McMahon and Martin George Private address, Fitzroy North, Naarm/Melbourne; Full project online www.melodiclivingroom.com Published online July 17, 2020 ‘Melodic Living Room sees painters Marlee McMahon and Martin George experiment with new approaches to their separate practices.Installed in McMahon’s white-walled living room and consisting of five small paintings each, these two bodies of work were produced over months of working in adjacent studios during COVID-19 restrictions. With a lack of immediate deadlines on the one hand and extra studio time on the other, both artists felt freed to take risks, and the works in Melodic Living Room lean towards gesture and spontaneity within different registers of abstraction...’ - Anna Dunnill Documentation by Christo Crocker <img width="1571" height="967" width_o="1571" height_o="967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/270144cf15b4b2724cd507d5be0cbc8d32c8a140dc724fbb42b6bb0eff9c3026/editied-for-web-.jpg" data-mid="214039261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/270144cf15b4b2724cd507d5be0cbc8d32c8a140dc724fbb42b6bb0eff9c3026/editied-for-web-.jpg" /> <img width="2126" height="1417" width_o="2126" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edb166d45595e24071d131be590877d3d724d61e99b3f04cd029082d79fec562/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-051.jpg" data-mid="214039250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edb166d45595e24071d131be590877d3d724d61e99b3f04cd029082d79fec562/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-051.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1250" width_o="1500" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5509d31182adbe4393d5e6b69e8eb915184cdb3f56b7c1ada8f25d8435b6a99f/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-191.jpeg" data-mid="244566477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5509d31182adbe4393d5e6b69e8eb915184cdb3f56b7c1ada8f25d8435b6a99f/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-191.jpeg" /> Slow Response,2020, oil on canvas, 200x255mm <img width="1600" height="1235" width_o="1600" height_o="1235" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bf6a9ccaa9be268f488f624054f0a9d52301cda78de0e3e62fb368f9bd21d52/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-253.jpg" data-mid="244566535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bf6a9ccaa9be268f488f624054f0a9d52301cda78de0e3e62fb368f9bd21d52/Marlee-McMahon---Melodic-Livingroom-253.jpg" /> Martin George, Two Flying Figures (Archway), 2020, Acrylic on paper, framed, 305 x 430mm sheet; 380 x 505mm frame Home