Angela Brennan: Vibing Cosmos

It is with great pleasure that The Commercial presents Angela Brennan: Vibing Cosmos, the artist's first exhibition with the gallery. These paintings were commissioned for Brennan’s solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat earlier this year, curated by Julie McLaren. The exhibition comprises six great vertical oil paintings, like altarpieces in six parallel universes.

Angela Brennan is an artist whose practice over four decades is a thesis in colour and its relationships. She creates exuberant, primordial experiences in paint. While predominantly abstract, her practice often extends to include figuration, portraiture and text. Her paintings, footnoted with external references in titles, text and figurative elements, "build a potent self-image of the artist, reflecting her various interests, beliefs and preferences" (Michael Graf). For art of such unbridled joy, Brennan’s work houses an erudite core. It is sensate, material, intellectual.